[5] NEW ENGLAND SWORDFISH FISHElaES. 2.-,7 



SO I thiuk they strike a vessel more by accident wk .u 

 the,r sword fastened into a boat they hold vervsti^ an", "' "" ^'' 

 afraid they wUI break their sword ofl- I ha™ 1 nn» i "" *° '«' 



. to pierce a dory aud remain perTclysUU until he ^ ''™'"' ""'^^ 

 to the vessel, and as soon as liberated tl.evwn. "^' ™'' ™"«'' 



gles; but, as I said before tl^ 7alt! , ^ '^ commence their strug- 



the bead." ' ^" '''"^^^ '•appened when fastened close to 



pany; b^'hll ren'lo^t^'rS t7o TrT """ ^"""^'^^^'' -"" <" <""■'■ 

 opposite directions, when ttv would „! t'"f r" "'"' """''"'^ f""' 

 afraid of each other ZZ7,l°^ '^mediately move off as if shy or 



broken ofl- in the ail o" a swo dfl f °"""- '' '"™ " "'<'<='' "^ ^™'d 



The regular Southern Ctlt!:!?;;*^^^^ 

 n^en-the captain, cook, striker, and mltZdt ThTn """]"' '"'" 

 voyage, after deducting " big general, " „ ' ! Proceeds of the 



«-barfage, are divided into fit equt'oartt?"'?''' '" "™"^'""» =""' 

 longs to the vessel, one share to the can 'i ?''"'^- *^'"' '"■»'■'' be- 

 Xhe cookreceives 'about ^ per month h^w ""'', '" ""^ -a^theader. 

 sbares by the other three men. The vcS^^h I, ,^'' ^'"^ """' '" "I"'" 

 sachusetts and Maine " sh^ue tlT^ r ^, ' '*'''o°S'ng m Northern Mas- 



or one-fifth of the .uocefdrblnr^H"' '"'^ '''''■''' '^' ""«'-"'^ 

 divMed among the Len, who ^ZZlJ^-r'^'' "■" "'" •"""-« '« 

 during the voyage. ^ ^ ""' c^l^^ses for provisions 



particularly those beIongiI^g';V,::^'irncr""^ ™" "^ ^■"""^ «^-- 



i.nrndnti:;:err,a'nrdTrt::t'^'^ ''""^- '" ^-- ^^-- 



cording to John LovittTco abou "^ '"=" "'' '"'^' '*''^'>"' "c- 

 poundseach. Mr.O B Whit?;,, ^ \ ' ^'^""•fl't. averaging 275 



estimates the numb;; fanld SeT^S ".''""•■""' "''" ^^-=''-«'--- 

 dressed for market. At Portsmouth ,7?^' ''':'"^S"'S 300 pounds each, 

 fish were landed. ^"■'t^n'outh and I.ewbur,port about 130 sword' 



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Fish Commission "^ '^'- ®''P'"'" ^- ^'■''''"'' «'' 'he United States 



