[23] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1053 



Ice mallet (large) — Continued. 



diameter 6 inches; handle, 25 inches long, li inches thick. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 39,191. IT. S. Fish Commission. Used 

 . in vessel's hold for crushing ice for packing fresh fish. 



ICE-CUTTER. 



A flat chisel-shaped piece of steel, with saw-like teeth on the lower 

 edge. Hard- wood handle, with iron ferrule on lower end; 

 length of handie, 3£ feet; blade, 5 inches; width of blade, 5 

 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1876. 32,680. Gift of J. A. Voss. 

 Used for chopping up ice for the purpose of packing fresh fish. 



Ice-hooks. 



Iron; steel-pointed; two semicircular sharp pointed hooks of flat 

 iron, with oval-shaped handle at t p. These hooks are riveted 

 together near the top. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 32,674. U. 

 S. Fish Commission. Used for lifting ice by hand or for hoist- 

 ing it. In the latter case the tackle is hooked into one of the 

 loop-shaped handles of the hooks. 



Ice-pick. 



A sharp-pointed steel prong, with socket, riveted to wooden 

 handle. Length, 4i feet. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 56,892. 

 Gift of David W. Low. Used in handling cakes of ice for 

 packing fresh fish, &c. 



Oyster cans. 



Quart tin cans for transportation of raw oysters to the interior of 

 the country. In these cans raw oysters are placed, and the 

 covers having been soldered on, they are packed in boxes of 

 ice. E. H. Edmunds, Baltimore, Md. 39,313. 



Oyster-packing. 



[For list of appliances for opening and packing fresh oysters, see 

 Section D, "Catalogue of Economic Mollusca."] 



series of photographs, 30 by 40 inches and 8 by 10 inches, 

 illustrating the fresh-fish industry. 



Ice-grinder. 



Machine for grinding ice for packing fresh fish. Sandusky, Ohio, 

 1882. Photo. 2197. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Frozen fish. 



Pans of frozen whitefish (Coregonus sp.) from refrigerator. Detroit, 

 Mich., 1882. Photos. 2,203, 2203«. U. S. Fish Commission. 



