SAWFISH MOTHER AND YOUNG 
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THE SAWFISH. 
Courtesy of American Museum of Natural History. 
moving in the water, large or small ; 
indeed, I have had them dash up and 
in one mouthful take all but the head 
of a ten pound Spanish mackerel which 
I was just hauling in over the stern of 
the boat. 
Our marine station at Miami Beach, 
which is a private enterprise developed 
to study the fish of the Gulf Stream, 
was opened for the first time on Janu- 
ary i, 1921, and because of its location 
and equipment gives promise of devel 
oping into one of the great aquariums 
of the world within a short tme. 
With best wishes for the continued 
success of your charge, 
John Oliver La Gorce. 
Birch saplings are wrapped in wonderful tints, 
That art might emulate in vain : 
And yet they’re but products of Mother Earth, 
Of sunshine and of rain. 
- — Emma Peirce. 
