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Swordfish fisherman — Continued. 



England coast, is to steer the vessel directly for the fish, the 

 presence of which is made known by the appearance ■ of its 

 » tail and dorsal fin above the water's surface. When the man 



at the bowsprit is directly over the fish, which generally hap- 

 pens before the latter is frightened by the approaching vessel, 

 the iron is thrown, and as the craft sails along the harpoon- 

 line is reeled out and finally let go, having a buoy at its end. 

 Later the buoy is recovered and the fish killed and taken on 

 board. Washington, D. C, 1883. TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



Shad fishekman. 



Plaster cast of a negro shad fisherman of the Southern States, 

 dressed in woolen trousers and shirt, barefooted, holding an 

 oar in his hands. Washington, D. C, 1883. J. E. Hendley, 

 United States National Museum, Washington, D. C. (The lay 

 figures in the collective exhibit of the United States, with the 

 exception of the whalemen, were made by Mr. Hendley.) 



Shad fisherman. 



Plaster cast of a negro shad fisherman of the South, barefooted, 

 dressed in woolen trousers and shirt and straw hat, holding 

 an oar in his hands. Washington, D. C, 1883. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Whaleman. 



Plaster cast of a harpoonersman in the act of striking a whale. The 



figure is dressed in woolen clothing ; is mounted in the bow of 



a whaleboat, and holds in his hands a harpoon which he ap- 



v pears to be just in the act of throwing. Washington, D. C, 



1883. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Whaleman. 



Plaster cast of a whaleman at the masthead on the lookout for 

 whales ; dressed in woolen clothing, with a common telescope 

 spy-glass at his eye. Washington, D. C, 1883. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Whaleman. 



Plaster cast of a whaleman standing on a cutting-in stage ; dressed 

 in woolen clothing, with " belly band" around him, and hold- 

 ing a cutting spade in his hand. This illustrates the position 

 in which whalemen stand on a ship's side when cutting-in or 

 stripping the blubber from a whale. Washington, D. C, 1883. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



