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8. BARBED INSTRUMENTS— Continued. 



b. Spears with detachable heads: 



Indian fish-harpoons. 



Other fish-harpoons. 

 (For accessory apparatus, see under 29.) 



9. TONGS, &c. 



f For hand use. 



a. Tongs (with two handles:) 



Oyster-tongs. 

 Oyster-rakes. 



b. " Nippers," (with cord and handle.) 



Snake-tongs. 



Sponge-tongs. 



Coral-tongs. 



ft For use with sounding -lines. 



c. " Clainms" for deep-sea soundings, (forceps closed by a weight.) 



(Ross's "Deep sea clamms."') 

 (Bull-dog sounding-macbiue.) 



*** Grasping -lines. 



10. NOOSES. 



f Stationary nooses. 



a. Jerk-snares : 



Bird-snares. 



Fish snares, of wire, gut, hair, &c. 



tt Throicn nooses. 



b. Lariats and lassos: 



Lariats with rope noose, made from hair, hemp, and rawhide. 

 Lariats with metal noose. 

 (Chilian bird-lariat.) 



11. LOADED LINES. (Bolas.) 



a. Bird-slings, used by Eskimos. 



b. Bolas, with one or several weights.) 



**** Fntangling lines. 



12. TANGLES. 



a. Tangles : 



Swab-tangles. 



(Dredge-tangles, used by English collectors.) 



Harrow-tangles. 



Wheel- tangles. 



