[99] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1129 



Sail-maker's hand-fid. 



Made at sea from jaw-bone of sperm-whale. Middletown, Conn. 

 25,650. Gift of A. E. Critteuden. 



Saw-frame. 



Made at sea from bone of sperm whale. New Bedford, Mass. 

 25,655. Gift of I. H. Bartlett & Sons. 



Pulley. 



Made from jaw-bone of sperm-whale. Provincetown, Mass. 25,801. 

 Gift of E. H. Cook. 



Pulley block. 



Made at sea from jaw-bone of sperm-whale. Middletown, Conn. 

 25,649. Gift of A. E. Crittenden. 



Seine needle. 



Made from jaw-bone of sperm-whale. Wellfleet, Mass. 25,713. 

 Gift of N. H. Payne. 



Cog-wheel. 



A rachet- wheel made of ivory (pan of sperm-whale jaw). Length, 

 4f inches. New Bedford, Mass., 1882. 57,064. Gift of Daniel 

 Kelleher. Scrimshaw work, made at sea by a whaleman for 

 some mechanical device. 



20. Baleen. 



whalebone in a crude state. 



Whalebone. 



Bunch of long strips prepared by the Eskimo. Mackenzie Eiver 

 District, 1863. 1,116. Collected by Eobert MacFarlane. 



Whalebone. 



Bunch of long strips prepared by the Eskimo. Mackenzie Eiver 

 District, 1863. 1,108. Collected by Eobert MacFarlane. 



Atlantic finback whalebone. 



Slab of baleen or whalebone from jaw of finback whale (Sibbaldius 

 tectirostris). Provincetown, Mass., 1882. 57,197. Collected 

 by J. T. Brown. 



Pacific finback whalebone. 



Slabs of baleen or whalebone from jaw of finback whale of Cali- 

 fornia. Coast of California. 12,312. Collected by Capt. C. 

 M. Scammon. This entire series of slabs are from one side of 

 the whale's jaw. 



