[181] FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1005 



White netting. 



Cotton ; quality of twine, -ff ; size of mesh, 3£ inches. Made by H. 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,584. Used on the Western 

 Lakes and in the British Provinces for pounds and traps. 



White netting. 



Cotton ; quality of twine, ■££ ; size of mesh, 4 inches. Made by H. 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,585. Used for cod-seines in 

 Newfoundland, and in the United States for whitefish traps 

 .and bluefish gill-nets. 



White netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, -ff ; size of mesh, 4f inches. Made by H. 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,586. Not much sold now, 

 but formerly used for leaders to pounds and traps. 



White netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, ^f ; size of mesh, 5 inches. Made by H. & 

 G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,587. Used for drag-seines and 

 bluefish gill-nets. 



White netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, ■£§■; size of mesh, 6 inches. Made by H. 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,588. Used for leaders to 

 many kinds of pounds and traps. 



Series of samples of gill-netting. 



One piece, 300 yards long, 2^-inch mesh, 9-thread half patent-laid 

 twine, colored red. 



One piece, 300 yards long, 2^-inch mesh, 9-thread half patent-laid 

 twine, colored blue. 



One piece, 1,000 yards long, 3-inch mesh, 12-thread half-patent 

 twine. 



One piece, 300 yards long, 3-inch mesh, 18-thread half-patent twine. 



One piece, 100 yards long by 150 meshes deep, 2£-inch mesh, 14-6 

 hawser twine. 



One piece, 100 yards long by 150 meshes deep, 2-inch mesh, 9 half 

 patent twine. 



One piece, 100 yards long by 150 meshes deep, 2-inch mesh, 6 half- 

 patent twine. 



One piece, 100 yards long by 100 meshes deep, 3-inch mesh, 12 half- 

 patent twine. 



One piece, 100 yards long by 150 meshes deep, 2£-inch mesh, 10-4 

 hawser twine. 



One piece, 100 yards long by 150 meshes deep, 2^inch mesh, 20-5 

 hawser twine. 



