[165] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 989 



DRIFT-NETS (NETS DRIFTING ACROSS THE TIDE). 



Salmon-net. 



Made of the fiber of the common stinging nettle, ( Urtica dioica, L.). 

 Stretched on light square frame at the end of a long pole. To 

 the point of the net is fastened a bunch of thin narrow strips 

 of. white wood, which apparently acts as a lure. Made by the 

 Quilleute Indians, about 30 miles south of Cape Flattery. Pole, 

 13 feet long. Net, 5 feet square, 40 inches deep, mesh 5 inches. 

 Washington Territory, 1883. 72,835. James G. Swan, Port 

 Townsend, Wash. Used by one canoe drifting down the 

 river at night. 



Salmon-net for drifting. 



Made of the fiber of the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica, L.). 

 Stretched between the ends of two long poles. To the point 

 of the net is fastened a bunch of thin narrow strips of white 

 wood, which apparently acts as a lure. Made by the Quil- 

 leute Indians, about 30 miles south of Cape Flattery. Pole, 

 1 4£ feet long. Net, 8 feet 6 inches spread, 33 inches wide, 5 feet 

 deep, mesh 5 inches. Washington Territory, 1883. 72,834. 

 James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Wash. Used by two canoes 

 drifting down the river at night. 



PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, AND PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE GILL-NET FISHERY. 



Whitefish gill-nets. 



Photographic view of dock and shore-buildings belonging to fisher- 

 men engaged in the fisheries of the Great Lakes, showing white- 

 fish and herring gill-nets wound upon reels to dry. Size, 8 by 

 10 inches. Alpena, Mich., 1882. (779) 2,235. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Net-reels. 



Photograph showing reels used for holding stake gill-nets when not 

 in use. The reels are made of open work, and the nets, as soon 

 as they are landed, are wound upon them, where they dry very 

 quickly. Size, 8 by 10 inches. Alpena, Mich., 1882. (782) 

 2,237. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Whitefish gill-nets. 



Photograph showing dock and shore-buildings belonging to fisher- 

 men engaged in the fisheries of the Great Lakes, with whitefish 

 and herring gill-nets wound upon reels to dry. Size, 30 by 40 

 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. 

 Alpena, 'Mich., 1882. (779) 2,235. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Net-reels. 



Photograph showing reels used for holding gill-nets when not in 

 use. The reels are made of open work, and the nets, as soon 



