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29. (ACCESSORY.) ANGLING-APPARATUS, &c.-—Continued. 
b. Lines, (twisted and plated :) 
Gut-lines. 
Lines made from sea-weed, (Nereocystis Liitkeana,) and used 
by natives of Alaska. 
(Lines of sea-weed, (Chorda jilum,) used similarly in Scotland.) 
(Accessory.) Apparatus for twisting lines. 
ce. 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. 
f. Spreaders : 
Chopsticks. 
One-armed chopsticks, or “ revolving booms.” 
g. Floats: 
Line-floats of wood, cork, and quill. 
Harpoon-floats of bladder, inflated skir, and wood. 
Seine-floats of cork, wood, glass, and rubber-tubing. 
Keg and other floats for lobster-pots, gill-nets, &c. 
Whale-line drag. 
