DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
OF 
EXHIBITS 
RELATING TO THE 
FISHERIES OF: JAPA, 
No. 1. 
No. 
2. 
AT THE 
WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 
FROM THE 
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE, 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, 
IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, 
WHALE AND DOLPHIN FISHERIES. 
Delphinus longirostris, Gray. (Jap. Iruka). 
Photograph. 
Of the whales, Bakena Japonica (Jap. Semi-Kujira), Rhachi- 
anectes glaucus (?) (Jap. Ko-Kujira), Megaptera boops(?) (Jap. 
Zatd-Kujira), Balenoptera arctica (Jap. Iwashi-Kujira or Katsuwo- 
Kujira), Sibbaldius sulfureus (?) (Jap. Nagasu-Kujira), Physeter 
macrocephalus (Jap. Makko-Kujira), and Hyperoodon rostratus (2) 
(Jap. Kuchi-Kujira), are found in the seas adjacent to Japan ; and 
of the dolphins and porpoises, Neomeris phocenoides (Jap, Sunameri), 
Globicephalus Sieboldii (Jap. Gotd-Kujira), Grampus sakamata (Jap, 
Sakamata), and Delphinus longirostris (Jap. Iruka), of which, 
however, the last mentioned species is the most common. 
Dolphin Net. 345. 
This net is used at Tago in the province of Izu. It consists of 
three separate nettings, called respectively the “closer,” the 
“seine,” and the “tuck-seine.” The first is used for closing 
the mouth of the bay when the dolphins have entered it. It 
is made of straw ropes and the meshes are about two feet and 
five inches. The seine is used for encircling the dolphins and 
drawing them near the land. Its central portion is made of 
