1000 fisheeies of the united states. [176] 



Lobster-net. 



Full size ; an iron hoop, 3 feet diameter; rigged with tanned net- 

 ting, 2 inch mesh ; wooden bow on top. Eockport, Me., 1882. 

 54,428. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Open cunner-net. 



A funnel-shaped net, rigged on two iron hoops 25 and 34 inches in 

 diameter; ring for bait in center. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 

 32,710. Collected by G. Brown Goode. These nets are baited 

 with codfish heads or other bait, and used in the capture of 

 cunners (Tautogolabrus adspersus). 



Folding cunner-trap. 



An iron hoop, 3 feet in diameter, with second hoop hinged to it and 

 folding in two parts over it, covered with netting. A small 

 hoop, 15 inches in diameter, near bottom of net. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1878. 32,711. Collected by G. Brown Goode. This 

 kind of trap is used chiefly by the Irish boat-fishermen of Bos- 

 ton in the capture of cunners (Tautogolabrus adspersus) for the 

 Boston market. 



19. Parts of nets, apparatus of manufacture, and net pre- 

 servatives. 



accessories to purse-seines. 

 Davit-iron. 



Made of galvanized iron. Used in Cape Ann seine-boats. The 

 purse-blocks hook into it. Middletown, Conn. 25,166. Wil- 

 cox, Crittenden & Co. 



Snatch-block for purse-seines. 



Made of galvanized iron. Used on seine-boats for pursing mack- 

 erel and mehaden seines. Gift of Higgins & Gifford. 25,179. 



Seine-block. 



Brown's patent. Made of galvanized iron. Used on seine-boats 

 for pursing the mackerel-seine. Middletown, Conn. 29,432. 

 Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Seine-boat block. 



Made of galvanized iron. The first style of metallic seine-boat 

 block used at Gloucester, Mass. Middletown, Conn. 29,462. 

 Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Purse-seine block. 



Original design of Merchant's patent, 1882. A galvanized-iron 

 block, oval shell, single sheave. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 

 54,321. Made by Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. This purse-block, 



