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Eel-trap — Continued. 



12 inches ; depth, 12 inches. Essex, Mass., 1882. 56,948. U. 

 S. Fish Commission. This style of trap is set in Essex Eiver 

 in the spring of the year. It is baited with broken clams and 

 sunk by bricks ; from forty to fifty pounds of eels are fre- 

 quently taken in a single trap on one tide. 



Eel-trap. 



Full size; made of white-oak splints ; bottle shape ; two funnels. 

 Length, 6 feet; diameter at large end, 17 inches. Vineyard 

 Haven, Mass., 1876. 25,014. Made by Capt. Josiah Cleve- 

 land. Used about Martha's Vineyard in from three to ten 

 fathoms of water. 



Eel pot. 



Full size; made of white-oak splints ; bottle shape; has two funnels. 

 Length, 6 feet ; diameter at large end, 17 inches. Vineyard 

 Haven, Mass., 1876. 25,015. Made by Capt. Josiah Cleve- 

 land. Used about Martha's Vineyard in from three to ten 

 fathoms of water. 



Eel-pot. 



Model, half size. Made of white-oak splints; bottle shape; one 

 funnel. Length, 20 inches; diameter at wide end, 9 inches. 

 Noank, Conn., 1876. 25,019. Gift of James H. Latham. Used 

 in Fisher's Island Sound and vicinity. 



Eel pot. 



Model, half-size. Made of white-oak splints ; bottle shape ; one 

 funnel; warp and float attached. Length, 20 inches; width at 

 large end, 9 inches. Noauk, Conn., 1876. 56,947. Gift of James 

 H. Latham. Used in Fisher's Island Sound and vicinity. 



Eel-trap. 



Model. Shape of barrel; holes in staves; entrance at one end; 

 opening on side ; slung with lines. Height, 9 inches. Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 1883. 56,949. Gift of George Woltz. Used in 

 the Potomac Eiver at Washington and vicinity. 



Eel-pot net. 



Model. Series of iron hoops, 9£ inches in diameter, connected by 

 netting; two funnels. Length, 23 inches. Few York, 1877. 

 29,530. Gift of American Net and Twine Co. Used on coasts 

 of Long Island and New Jersey. 



