[185] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1009 



Tanned netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, |f; size of mesh, 4 inches. Made by H. & 

 G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,615. Used for pounds and traps 

 in New England and on the Great Lakes. 



Tanned netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, 4J-; size of inesh, 4| inches. Made by H.. 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,616. Used in the Unitedi 

 States and the British Provinces for trap-leaders, cod- seines^ 

 and bluefish gill-nets. 



Tanned netting. 



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

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,617. Sometimes used foE- 

 pounds and traps. 



Tanned netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, -ff; size of mesh, 5 inches. Made by EL 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,618. Used for drag-seines., 

 trap-leaders, and bluefish gill-nets. 



Tanned netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, |f; size of mesh, 6 inches. Made by EL, 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,619. Used chiefly on the. 

 Great Lakes for trap-leaders. 



Tanned netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, j-f; size of mesh, 6 inches. Made by EL, 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,620. Used chiefly on the* 

 Great Lakes for trap-leaders. 



Series of samples of tanned gill-netting. 

 One piece 2-inch mesh, 20-6 hall twine. 

 One piece 2-inch mesh, 9-thread half patent-laid twine. 

 One piece 2-inch mesh, 18-thread half patent-laid twine. 

 Exhibited by the American Net and Twine Company, Boston, Mass.. 



TARRED NETTING. 



Tarred netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, ^C; size of mesh, 1 inch. Made by H. & 

 G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,621. Used in Maine and the 

 British Provinces for haul-seines and traps for the capture of 

 smelts, small herring, and sardines. 



Tarred netting. 



Cotton; quality of twine, ffC; size of mesh, 14; inches. Made by H. 

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,622. Used in Nova Scotia 

 for bags and pockets of smelt-nets. The laws of that province 

 require those nets to be not less than 1^-inch mesh. 

 2444— Bull. 27 64 



