1922] TYRRELL, COLLECTING ON THE NEW ENGLAND COAST 49 



28 shows this specimen as he was brought up from the boat. The only 

 other one on record from this locahty was taken in 1914, but was 

 not preserved. 



Dr. R. E. Coker, Director of the Bureau, carefully identified our 

 specimen, and a full report of its capture and the making of the cast 

 appears in the official bulletin. The Government has requested that, 

 when the model is cast, it be furnished with a duplicate. Throughout, 

 every possible courtesy and facility were extended by all members of 

 the Bureau. 



Mr. R. A. Goffin, the collector, and his able assistant, Mr. L. Howes, 

 are kept busy visiting the nets each day in all kinds of weather, some- 

 times bringing in the catch through turbulent waters. A great variety 

 of fish come to these nets from monster sharks down to the tiniest toad- 

 fish. Nothing comes amiss and these two gentlemen figured materially 

 in the results obtained in our work. Had I so desired I might have 

 doubled the number of molds secured. However, I felt that enough 

 time had been given to this feature of the trip and, as Mr. Pope's let- 

 ters indicated that he was ready for something interesting concerning 

 swordfishing, which had been delayed because of the prevailing rough 

 weather, I turned my attention to the securing of material for the pro- 

 posed swordfishing group which has been planned as the second of the 

 series of large environmental groups to be constructed by the Depart- 

 ment of Lower Zoology. 



This work required several visits to the famous old whaling port of 

 New Bedford, which is one of the headquarters of the swordfishing 

 industry. At that place, through Mr. A. R. Thackeray of the Board 

 of Commerce, who is also manager of the Bureau of Investigation and 

 Information, I was given a card to Captain A. F. Chase, President of 

 the New Bedford Fish Company, who accompanied me to the wharf 

 where I photographed various deck views of the larger boats. I also 

 met Mr. David C. Ryder of the same company who has set aside for us 

 a donation of fishing implements to be shipped at the end of the season. 

 To secure a photograph of an entire swordfish proved impossible, as 

 they are all brought in minus head and tail and therefore without char- 

 acteristic shape or outline. The weather at this time was so disagree- 

 able that the smaller boats were unable to venture out in it, and the only 

 chance to take a fishing trip would be on one of the big boats, when it 

 went out on a three or more weeks' trip into deep water, carrying tons 

 of ice and provisions. 



Pending an improvement in the weather conditions, I took the 



