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29. (ACCESSOET.) ANGLING- APPARATUS, «&C.— Continued. 

 h. Lines, (twisted and plated:) 

 Gut-lines. 

 Lines made from sea-weed, {Nereocystis IdltJceana,) and used 



by natives of Alaska. 

 (Lines of sea- weed, [Cliorda filum,) used similarly in Scotland.) 

 (Accessory.) Apparatus for twisting lines. 



c. Snoods, leaders, and traces: 



"Cat-gut," (sheep,) snoods, and leaders. 



Silk-worm-gut snoods. 



Salmon-gut snoods. 



Flax- snoods. 



Gimp-snoods. 



Wire-snoods. 



" Sid-straps." 



d. Whalers' chains and lines: 



Head chains and ropes. 



Fin-chains. 



Fluke chains and rings and ropes. 



Head pike and ring. 



(Accessory.) Blocks, pendants, cutting-blocks, &c. 



e. Sinkers: 



Boat-shaped sinkers, plain and shearing. 



Pipe-lead sinkers. 



Bullet-sinkers. 



Plummet-sinkers, sugar-loaf, pear-shaped, and double-taper. 



Banker-sinkers. 



Seine-sinkers, of chain, lead balls, lead rings, stone, «&c. 



(Accessory,) Molds for sinkers. 

 Jig-molds. 

 Other sinker-molds. 

 /. Spreaders : 



Chopsticks. 



One-armed chopsticks, or " revolving booms." 

 g. Floats : 



Line-floats of wood, cork, and quill. 



Harpoon-floats of bladder, inflated skii:, and wood. 



Seine-floats of cork, wood, glass, and rubber-tubing. 



Keg and other floats for lobster-pots, gill-nets, &c. 



Whale-line drag. 



