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Historic Fisheries
History and Methods of Fisheries
Whale and Porpoise
Historic Fisheries
Makah Indians whaling at entrance to Fuca StraitsDrawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883
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Cutting in the bowhead and sperm whalesDrawings by Capt. C. M. Scammon and Capt. W. M. Barnes
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Fig. 1. Boat spade to stop running whale. Fig. 2Narrow cutting spade or thin boat spade. Fig. 3. Flat or round shank spadeFig. 4. Cutting spade for scarfing blubber. Fig. 5Cutting spade for leaning up. Fig. 6. Half-round spade
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Cutting blocks and tackle
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A ship on the Northwest coast of America cutting in her last right whaleDrawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Russell
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Bailing in the case of a sperm whale.Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Russell.
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Fig. 1. Blubber mincing knife. Fig. 2. Boarding knife. Fig. 3. Monkey-beltFig. 4. Wooden toggle. Fig. 5. Chain-strap. Fig. 6. Throat-chainFig. 7. Fin toggle. Fig. 8. Head-strap. Fig. 9. Blubber hook
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Whale ships at New Bedford wharf; ship hove down for repairs; oil-casksFrom photograph by U. S. Fish Commission
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Capture of a school of blackfish in Cape Cod BayDrawing by H. W. Elliott from a sketch by J. S. Ryder
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Indian porpoise hunters of Passamaquoddy BayCanoe, rifle, and lance for capture of porpoiseFrom a photograph by T. W. Smillie
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Passamaquoddy Bay Indians lancing and securing a porpoiseFrom a photograph by T. W. Smillie
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