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     LAND AND SEA ANSWERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     _1.A. It was used by a Railway Trackmaster to inspect the rails and the 
     
     Sectionman’s repairs. 
     
    

    
     'B. It was used to chip the ice off the Rail Switches. 
     
    

    
     C. This important tool was used to manually move the cars in the rail 
     
     yard after the engine left. 
     
    

    
     ‘D. It was used to operate the lights to warn that a train was about to 
     
     cross a highway. 
     
    

    
     E. Hunters used it for camouflage when hunting ducks. 
     
    

    
     -F. _ It was an Island sandstone anchor trom an era before iron anchors. 
     
     ‘G. It was used to magnify the light in a lighthouse, sending the light 
     
     further to sea. 
     
    

    
     /H. It was used like a thimble to mend a sail. 
     
    

    
     I. They are all Fisherman’s Knots. 
     
    

    
     J. It is a form of protection for boats to protect them from rubbing 
     
    

    
     against the whart or neighbouring boats. 
     
    

    
     -K. It isa tool for peeling the bark off pulp wood. 
     
    

    
     |L. It was an open-slotted basket to dip in the water to wash the sand 
     
     off the clams after they were dug. 
     
    

    
     | M. It was a Stainless steel nail that was used in every rail tie to let the 
     
    

    
     /sectionman know how old the tie was. 
     
     | N. It was a device that was used to pack ground-up Irish moss, allowing 
     
     ‘fora lar ger amount to be packed in each bag. 
     
    

    
     O. It is the ledge on the side of a lobster boat that is wide enough to 
     
     | balance the lobster traps when they are hauled so that the lobsters may be 
     
     | removed and then baited. 
     
    

    
     'P. It is still today, the most-commonly used lobster trap. It has a flat 
     
    

    
     | bottom which supports an arched side and top. Each trap has two or 
     
    

    
     more funnel- shaped entrances which the lobsters enter to pillage the bait 
     
     in the kitchen area. An opening leads from the kitchen to the parlour, 
     
     where the lobster is trapped. 
     
    

    
     Q. It was used for raising mussel mud from the river beds. The original 
     
    

    
     letters patent was held by William MacKenzie of Lot 48. 
     
    

    
     R. — It was a box that would hold about 150 pounds of fish, with handles 
     
    

    
     on each side and carried by two men. 
     
    

    
     S. It was a table with a cleat at one corner against which the fish were 
     
    

    
     placed for splitting. 
     
    

    
     T. | They were panels that were placed lengthwise to lay fish on to be 
     
    

    
     dried. 
     
    
   
   
    
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