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MESH-BOARD FOR HERRING GILL-NETS. 



Two and one-half inch mesh. 



Mesh-board for cod gill-nets. 

 Seven and three-fourths inch mesh. 



Mesh-board for cod gill-nets. 

 Eight and one-half inch mesh. 



Mesh-board for, cod gill-nets. 

 Eight and three-fourths inch mesh. 



Mesh former for cod gill-nets. 

 Nine and one-half-inch mesh. 



Mesh-board for mackerel gill-nets. 

 Three-inch mesh. 



ABORIGINAL NET-MAKING IMPLEMENTS. 



Mesh measures. (7.) 



Wood or bone. A short blade of the size of the desired mesh, and 

 handle of convenient length for grasping. Length, 5 to 10 

 inches. Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1882. 55,915. Collected by Chas. 

 L. McKay. 



Net-twine reels. (7.) 



Wood or bone, shaped much like modern seine or netting-needles. 

 Length, 6f to 13 inches; width, £ to If inches. Bristol Bay, 

 Alaska, 1882. 55,913. Collected by Chas. L. McKay. The 

 net stitch or knot for making the mesh was known to the abo- 

 rigines of the northwest coast of America before the advent of 

 white men. 



Eskimo netting-needles. 



Seine-needle. Eskimo. Northeastern America. S. F. Baird. 9,839. 

 Seine-needle. Magemut Eskimo, Nunivak Island. Alaska. W. JEL 



Dall. 16,202. 

 Seine-needle of wood. Yukon Biver. W. H. Dall. 5,613. 

 Needle of bone. Norton Sound Eskimo. W. H. Dall. 5,614. 

 Seine-needles of bone. Magemut Eskimo. Nunivak Island. W. 



H. Dall. 16,166 to 16,171, 16,196. 

 Seine-needles of wood. Chirikoff. W. H. Dall. 1,180. 

 Netting-needle. Eskimo. Smithsonian Institution. 1,315. 

 Seine-needles of bone. Eskimo of northeastern America. S. F. 



Baird. 9,839. 



