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this source and which are deserving of special mention, is that of a 

 large dugout war canoe, 59 feet in length, from British Columbia, which 

 now forms a prominent feature of this department. Large collections 

 of boats were also obtained from Norway, Sweden, China, and Siam, 

 which are of great value and especially interesting to the student of 

 naval architecture. 



On the occasion of the participation of the U. S. Fish Commission 

 in the International Fisheries Exhibition held at Berlin in 1880, the 

 collection was much enlarged by the addition of numerous forms of 

 American fishing craft, sporting and hunting boats, &c; while by ex- 

 change and purchase at the close of the exhibition several very desir- 

 able acquisitions were obtained, principally of German and Dutch fish- 

 ing craft. The act of Congress authorizing the participation of the 

 U. S. Fish Commission in the International Fisheries Exhibition at 

 London, in 1883, enabled us to make other additions to our collection 

 representing the fishing flotilla of the United States, which, as has 

 elsewhere been stated, now comprises representatives of nearly all the 

 more important types of water craft engaged in this special industry. 

 In the mean time Mr. James G. Swan, assistant U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, who has been stationed at Port Townsend, Washington Territory, 

 has been indefatigable in getting together a vast deal of interesting 

 and valuable material which represents the different forms of canoes, 

 dugouts, and other boats used by the Indians of the northwest coast. 



We have already stated that the collection has been much enriched 

 by donations from foreign nations and individuals who participated in 

 the London Fisheries Exhibition, as well as by citizens of our own 

 couutry. 



