150 FISH—CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
from three to five cents and in August from two and a half to 
three. 
In July, 1879, Mr. Earll found the price in Portland, Me., 
four cents, but the arrival of two hundred fish on August rst 
brought the price down to one and a quarter cents. He esti- 
mates the average wholesale price at two cents. 
In New London, according to Captain Ashby, the price has 
varied within his recollection from three to eight cents, the 
latter high price being paid in 1877. 
According to Captain Martin, the price of salt swordfish in 
Gloucester is always about the same as that of No. 3 mackerel. 
In July, 1878, there being no mackerel in the market, they 
were valued at seven dollars a barrel. 
