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Seal-skin buoy. 



Stuffed ; ornamented with ivory pendants and feathers. Flippers 

 attached. North Greenland. 19,515. G. Y. Mckerson. 



TRAAVL AND NET FLOATS OF METAL, CORK, WOOD, AND GLASS. 



Camel's back buoy. 



Made of tin, in two sections, soldered together; ring at each end. 

 Length, 12 inches ; diameter, 9 inches. Kelley's Island, Ohio. 

 57,030. Gift of Charles Carpenter. 



Net-buoy. 



Cork floats lashed around a staff. Swivel and rope strap at end of 

 staff. Eockport, Mass., 1883. 57,145. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Glass float. 



Partly filled with water by being sent down in the mouth of a beam- 

 trawl to the depth of 787 fathoms in Lat. 39° 59' 45" K, Lon. 

 C8° 54' W., during a dredging trip of the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion steamer Fish Hawk in the summer of 1882. Washington, 

 D. C, 1883. 57,093. Gift of James A. Smith, U. S. N. 



Trawl-buoy. 



Five glass balls, each 18 inches in circumference, covered with net- 

 ting, and lashed around a series of cork floats strung on a staff. 

 Swivel and rope strap at end of staff. Eockport, Mass., 1883. 

 57,144. U. S. Fish Commission. 



REELS. 

 SIMPLE REELS FOR FLY-FISHING, WITH AND WITHOUT CLICK. 



Fishing reel. 



Hard rubber. German-silver rim; plate; click. Capacity, 100 

 yards. Value, 1882, $6.50. 25,569. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 (B. &A.) 



Fishing reel. 



Hard rubber. German-silver band; plate; click. With leather 

 case. Capacity, 60 yards. Value, 1882, $10. 25,577. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. (B. & A.) 



Fishing reel. 



Hard rubber. German-silver mounted; plate; balance handle; 

 click. Capacity, 300 yards. Value, 1882, $20. 39,245. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. (A. & I.) 



Fishing reel. . 



Hard rubber and German-silver. German-silver band; plate; bal- 

 ance handle ; click and rubber sliding drag. Capacity, 300 



