D._ FISHERMEN AND ANGLERS. 



60. figures of fishermen. 



Skipper of mackerel schooner. 



Plaster cast of the master of a New England mackerel schooner, 

 dressed in a suit often worn in wet summer weather, namely, 

 officer's long oiled coat, sou'wester, and sea-boots. He is rep- 

 resented with a pair of marine glasses at his eyes as though . 

 engaged in looking for schools of fish or in watching the move- 

 ments of distant vessels. Washington, D. 0., 1883. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Mackerel fisherman. 



Plaster cast of a purse-seine mackerel fisherman, dressed in a suit of 

 yellow oiled clothes, sou'wester, and leather boots ; holds in his 

 hands a large dip net such as are used for bailing mackerel from 

 the seine to the vessel's deck. Washington, D. C, 1883. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Skipper of a halibut schooner. 



Plaster cast of the captain of a New England halibut schooner, 

 dressed in a suit (trousers and jacket) of rubber clothes with 

 rubber boots and oiled sou'wester. He is represented as read- 

 ing from his patent log, which he holds in his hands, the dis- 

 tance the vessel has run. Washington, D. C, 1883. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Halibut fisherman. 



Plaster cast of a New England halibut fisherman, dressed in a suit 

 of black oil clothes, rubber boots, and sou'wester, and holding 

 a " halibut killer" (a stout club) in his right hand, while on his 

 left shoulder is a winch for heaving in the trawl-lines, usually 

 called a " hurdy-gurdy." Washington, D. C, 1883. TJ. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



SWORDFISH FISHERMAN. 



Plaster cast of a swordfish fisherman, dressed in woolen clothing, 

 standing in the " pulpit" at bowsprit end, holding the staff of 

 a swordfish-iron in his hand as if in the act of striking a fish. 

 The method of catching swordfish, as practiced on the New 



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