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CUTTING-BOARD FOR BONELESS FISH. 



Pine wood ; 3 feet long, 25 £ inches wide, If inches thick. New. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 25,855. IT. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used in making boneless fish. The fish-skinner places a fish 

 upon a plank like this and, after stripping off the skin, cuts 

 out the bones and divides the fish into sections to suit the 

 trade. 



Old cutting-board for boneless fish. 



White pine. Three feet long, 21J inches wide, 2 inches thick. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,858. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used in cutting boneless fish. 



Nape-bone hooks. 



Iron hooks, with bent shank, set in pine handle. Length, 8| inches. 

 Gloucester, Mass., lS78-'82. 54,694^5. U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. Used to tear out the "nape-bones" in the preparation of 

 "boneless" salt fish. One of these hooks was long in use and 

 the handle is encrusted with lime from the dissolving of salt 

 in the operator's hand. 



MlTER-BOX FOR BONELESS FISH. 



Oblong box with top and ends open. Seven cuts 3£ inches apart, 

 Cleats on sides. Length, 30 inches ; width, 7 £ inches outside, 

 5£ inside ; depth, 5J inches outside, 3£ inches inside. Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1883. 57,853. U. S. Fish Commission. Used 

 in preparing boneless fish. The fish are packed in the box 

 and cut in sections of equal length. 



MlTER-BOX FOR ROLY-POLY BONELESS FISH. 



Pine wood ; open at top and ends ; semi- circular at bottom, inside. 

 Length, 5 feet 8 inches ; width, outside 7 inches, inside 4J 

 inches ; depth, outside 5£ inches, inside 4 inches. Cleats on 

 sides. Fourteen miter cuts 4£ inches apart ; 15 smaller cuts 

 for strings. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,854. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. Used for making roly-poly boneless fish. The 

 fish are put in the box and, after being tied up, are cut into 

 sections. 



Roly-poly knife. 



Steel blade, long, with single edge ; pine handle. Length : blade, 

 17 inches ; handle, 5 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 18S3. 57,820. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. Used with a miter-box in cutting 

 rolls of " boneless salt fish " into suitable lengths for boxing. 

 This knife is much worn bv use. 



