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been public. Of recent years the annual catch has run from 

 300 to 500 barrels. Any inhabitant has the right to catch as 

 many as he desires, and the greater part are salted for home 

 consumption. Fishing is allowed after May 1 below Asher's 

 Cartway, and above the road at the millpond on any week 

 day. 



The stream is of potential value, and under a properly 

 regulated lease system should produce a good revenue to the 

 town. 



SANTUIT RIVER. 



Santuit River, sometimes known as Cotuit River, flows 

 from Santuit Pond over a 3-mile course to Popponesset Bay. 

 It varies from 5 to 11 feet in width, is chiefly utilized for 

 flooding cranberry bogs, and is obstructed by several mill 

 dams, fences and debris. All the dams are provided with 

 fishways, theoretically giving an unimpeded passage to the 

 ale wives. 



In 1913 the fish way at the southern outlet of the pond was 

 in good condition, but submerged beneath the surface of the 

 water. Of the other fishways on the cranberry bogs one was 

 in poor condition, one was raised completely out of the water, 

 and a third was in good repair. 



Alewives are reported to run in considerable numbers, 

 although there is no regular fishery. The river is fished, for 

 the most part, by near-by residents, and probably the annual 

 catch has never exceeded 100 barrels. While numerous fish- 

 ways are in evidence, it is doubtful whether they are at all 

 efficient, and the problem of developing this fishery depends 

 upon the installation and care of suitable fishways, and the 

 clearing of the stream to guarantee the alewives an unob- 

 structed passage; also the several outlets from Santuit Pond 

 should be screened to prevent the destruction of young ale- 

 wives on the cranberry bogs. 



QUASHNET RIVER. 



Quashnet River, Mashpee, originally had its source in a 

 swamp one-eighth of a mile east of John's Pond. In order to 

 provide more water for the cranberry bogs, which eventually 



