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Boat-lanterns. 



Copper and glass ; triangular, flat bottom, convex top, with venti- 

 lator at apex ; lamp inside with two burners ; width of lantern 

 at back, 21 inches; each of the two sides 18 inches wide. 

 Southern New England. 29,365. James H. Latham, Noank, 

 Conn. Used in bow of boat in weequashing or spearing eels 

 by night. 



PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE USE OF TORCHES IN THE CAPTURE OF FISH. 



Herring-torching. 



Photograph of a fishing crew engaged in "driving"' herring. A 

 fire of birch bark is blazing in the iron dragon at the bow, and 

 a man stands ready with a dip-net for securing the herring 

 which approach the -light as the boat is rapidly rowed through 

 the water by the other members of the crew. Size, 8 by 10 

 inches. Taken at Eastport, Me., 1882. (189)1,894. U.S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Herring-torching. 



Photograph of a fishing crew engaged in "driving" herring. A 

 fire of birch bark is blazing in the iron dragon at the bow, and 

 a man stands ready with a dip-net for securing the herring 

 which approach the light as the boat is rapidly rowed through 

 the water by the other members of the crew. Size, 30 by 40 

 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. 

 Taken at Eastport, Me., 1882. (189) 1,894. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



sound decoys. 



Three-clawed seal-decoy. 



Handle and prongs wood, tipped with the claws of the seal; claws 

 seized tightly with seal sinew and lashed to an ivory peg rig- 

 idly fastened in the palm. Length, lOf inches. Ooglaamie, 

 Alaska, 1882. 56,555. Collected by Lieut. P. H. Ray, IT. S. A. 

 Used by natives for scratching upon the ice or snow to attract 

 the attention of seals. 



Four- clawed seal-decoy. 



Handle and prongs of wood, tipped with seal claws; claws served 

 with seal sinew and lashed to a rigid ivory peg in palm ; becket 

 of sealskin rove through a hole in the handle and knotted. 

 Length, 8J inches. Ooglaamie, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1882. 

 56,557. Collected by Lieut. P. H. Ray, U. S. A. Used by na- 

 tives for scratching upon the ice or snow to attract seals. 



