1022 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. |_^8] 



Pounds and weirs. 



Aboriginal fish-weir. 



Model of weir used by the aborigines of Virginia in the fifteenth 

 century. Consists of four oblong bowls diminishing in size 

 toward the outer end. Made of stakes and splints or brush, 

 with right and left wings. Models of dugout-canoe, paddles, 

 and dip-net. Length of bowls, 9, 7£, and 6 inches; wings, 11 

 inches long ; canoe, LI inches long. From figures in De Bry # 

 25,829. Gift of J. G. Adam. 



Fish-trap. 



Model: Wood, in three sections ; the first, shaped like an elongated 

 basket, with one open side ; the second, something like a tur- 

 tle's back; the third, a small box, with sides made of slats. 

 Haidah Indians. Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 

 1883. 72,840. James G. Swan. 



Section 1 is placed with the carved end up-stream, firmly secured 

 to a stake. Section 2 is inserted and firmly tied to section 1, 

 and forms the entrance to the trap. Section 3 is inserted in 

 section 2 and secured; the fish, after swimming about in sec- 

 tions 1 and 2, are carried with the force of the current and their 

 own momentum into this section, which floats on the water, 

 from which the fish are easily taken. 



Herring-weir. 



Model. Made with stakes driven into tbe bottom and wattle brush. 

 Bunt of full-size weir 75 to 100 feet diameter, with right and 

 left wings and leaders. Grand Manan. 26,746. Gift of W. 

 B. McLaughlan. Used in the Bay of Fundy for the capture of 

 herring (Clupea harcngus). 



Brush-weir. 



Model ; heart-shape, with leaders or wings. Made of brush held in 

 position by upright stakes, fastened in bed-sills and ballasted. 

 Diameter of bunt or bowl, 8 inches ; wings, 10 inches long. 

 Grand Manan, 1872. 26,731. Gift of W. B. McLaughlan. 

 Used in the Bay of Fundy in the capture of herring (Ghipea 

 harengvs). 



Bar- weir, 



Model, scale 1 inch to the foot. Made in lyre-shape, of upright 

 stakes with splints between. Model of wharf at one end ; 

 gate or entrance of netting. Length, 30 inches ; width at outer 

 end, 12 inches. Fastport, Me., 1872. 12,102. Gift of Capt, 

 U S. Treat. Used in the Bay of Fundy herring fisheries. 



