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29. (ACCESSOEY.) ANGLING-APPAEATUS, &c— Continued. 



b. Lines, (twisted and plated:) 



Gut-lines. 



Lines made from sea-weed, (Nereocystis Liitkeana,) and used 



by natives of Alaska. 

 (Linesof sea-weed, (Chorda Jilum,) used similarly in Scotland.) 

 (Accessory.) Apparatus for twisting liues. 



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-siukers. 



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 skin, and wood. 

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

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

 Whale-line drag. 



