[189] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1013 



Tarred netting. 



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

 & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. 54,650. Used in the United 

 States and the British Provinces for blue fish gill-nets, drag- 

 seines, and trap leaders. 



Netting. 



Samples of various kinds of seine and gill-net webbing manufact- 

 ured by the Baltimore Net and Twine Company. Exhibited by 

 William J. Hooper's Sons, Baltimore, Md. 



Twine used in the manufacture of netting. 



Samples of twine exhibited by American Net and Twine Company, 

 Boston, Mass. une bundle each of 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 

 30, and 36 threads, half patent (bundles not papered). One 

 bundle, half patent (papered). Two bundles each of 20-6 and 

 20-12 hall twine, and 20-6 and 20-9 cable-laid twine. (One 

 bundle of each kind papered and one unpapered.) Two sam- 

 ple boards of patent-laid, soft-laid, and net twines. 



net-maker's tools.— net-needles, mesh -boards, etc. 



USED IN MAKING AND REPAIRING NETS AND SEINES. PATTERNS USED ON THE COAST 



OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Twine-meshing needle. 



Used for doubling the twine on the border of a seine- web that comes 

 next to the rope on all sides. 



Seine hanging needle. 



For mackerel purse-seines, filled with 32-thread twine. 



Net-mending needle. 

 For cod gill-nets. 



Net-mending needle. 

 Made of brass. 



Net-mending needle. 



Made of sperm whale's jaw. 



Mesh-board for menhaden gill-nets 

 Three and one-half inch mesh. 



Mesh-board for menhaden gill-nets 

 Three and three-fourths inch mesh. 



