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Mann: The name is very familiar.  I think he probably did.  He belonged to all sorts of things.  Of course, he belonged to this Washington Biologists' Field Club up at Plummer's Island, that was one of them.

Henson: Oh, would you go out there; have you been out there?

Mann: Oh, yes, I was there many times.

Henson: For their shad bake? [Laughter]

Mann: No, actually the shad bake is for men only. Dr. [Albert Kenrick] A. K. Fisher, he as one of the people we knew in Biological Survey  or [United States] Fish and Wildlife [Service].  He was another marvelous character, and a great cook.  In fact, he was the one who always prepared the shad for the shad bake.  At least once, maybe more than once, he cooked the shad for a small group of us, including the wives.  He was not married, but he invited Bill and me, and I forget who else--perhaps Herbert [Spencer] Barber, he'd have five or six people--and he would cook.  I loved it up at Plummer's Island, but haven't been out for a long time.

Henson: Yes, there's a cabin there too.

Mann: But it's still running.  I know the same cabin is there; it hasn't fallen down yet.