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Plate 193   
Articles of whale-boat gear.
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THE WHALE FISHERY.
Articles of whale-boat gear.

(Sect. v, vol. ii, pp.240,252.)


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Fig.   1, Lantern keg containing matches, bread, tobacco, &c.
Fig.   2, Compass.
Fig.   3, Keg for fresh water.
Fig.   4, Piggin for bailing.
Fig.   5, Waif for signaling.
Fig.   6, Tub-oar crotch, ships through cleat in gunwale, to clear
oar from the line when fast to whale.
Fig.   7, Double oar-lock used when propelling the boat and for same as tub-oar crotch.
Fig.   8, Large line in line-tub.
Fig.   9, Knife for cutting line when foul.
Fig. 10, Rowlock.
Fig. 11, Hatchet for cutting line, cutting poles out of whales, &c.
Fig. 12, Grapnel for catching line.
Fig. 13, Drag, or drug, for bending on drug-iron to retard movements
of whales.
Fig. 14, Canvas nipper to protect hands when handling line.

Source.
George Brown Goode.
      The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States.
Section V, History and Methods of the Fisheries ... Plates.
1887.
At head of title page: "United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Spencer F. Baird, Commissioner."
Also on title page: "Prepared through the cooperation of the Commissioner of Fisheries and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census by George Brown Goode, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and a staff of associates."
Also published as: Serial Set Vol. No. 2003, (47th Congress, 1st Session. Vol. No. 11, Misc.Doc. 124, pt. 7.)
288 p.
Maps Illustrations.

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