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Mending fyke-nets — Continued. 



flounder fisheries of that locality. The fykes have been spread 

 out on the wharf for convenience in mending. The vessel is in 

 the background with other fykes hung in the rigging to dry. 

 Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 

 10 negative. Taken at Portland in 1882. (139) 1,873. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



North Carolina fish-slide. 



An India-ink sketch of a fish-slide or sluice placed in the rapids of 

 a river for catching fish. The bottom of the slide is made of 

 open work to allow the water to pass through, the fish being 

 caught by the current and carried into it, where they are se- 

 cured by men who stand ready to catch them with dip-nets or 

 spears. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. C, 1882. 

 Henry W. Elliott, 



North Carolina fishing-wheel. 



An India-ink sketch of a dam with a sluiceway in the center in 

 which a fishing-wheel is set. The dam is so arranged as to 

 throw all of the water through the sluiceway, and all fish de- 

 scending the stream must naturally pass through it. The 

 wheel is made of netting and has curved arms which answer 

 as scoops. It is revolved by the force of the water which 

 strikes against the arms, the fish being thrown into a box 

 placed near to receive them. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washing- 

 ton, D. C, 1882. Henry W. Elliott. 



21. Spring traps. 



animal traps. 

 Bear-traps. 



Made of whalebone strips bent and tied. Prepared by the Ander- 

 son River Eskimo. Mackenzie River district. 7,442. Col- 

 lected by Eobert MacFarlane. A bent piece of whalebone is 

 placed in a piece of frozen fat, which when swallowed melts, 

 allowing the bone to spring. 



Animal-trap. 



Common steel trap, Hawley & Norton, No. 1 (New York). Used 

 by whalemen in the Arctic regions for the capture (for their 

 fur) of foxes and other small animals ; length 31 inches, in- 

 cluding chain. New London, Connecticut, 1882. Gift of C. A. 

 Williams & Co. 57,799. 



spring hooks. 

 Spring hooks. 



For pickerel fishing. 25,561. 



