328 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Abstract showing spaivn of shad taken by and under direclion of the late Dr. J. H. Slack, 

 deputy United States commissioner of fish and fisheries, on the Delaware River, at Point 

 Pleasant, Pa., commencing June 25 and ending July 12, 1874. 



Jane 25, 

 June 26, 

 June 27, 

 Jane 28, 

 June 29, 

 June 30, 



July 

 July- 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 



July 



July 

 July 

 July 

 July 11, 

 July 12, 



1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874. . 

 1874*. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1874.. 

 1674 1. 



Total. 



Time. 



8 

 10 



8.30 

 8.30 

 1.30 



9 

 5 



8 

 4 

 7 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 



p.m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p.m. 

 a. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p. m. 

 p.m. 



Air. 



77 

 77 



83 



97* 



83 



80 



85 



72J 



84 



70J 



77 



73 



80 



82 



83 



72 



75 



Water. 



74 

 72i 



72* 

 75 



76 



74 



81 



79 



79 



74 



79 



78£ 



80 



81 



80 



79 



74 



Spawn taken. 



35, 000 

 75, 000 

 85,000 



(Sunday.) 



60, 000 



No males taken. 

 90, COO 



No spawn. 



20, 000 

 20, 000 

 65, 000 

 40, 000 



No spawn. 



No spawn. 



No males. 



No fishing. 



No spawn. 



40, 000 



530, 000 



* Eecord from July 2, kept by W. H. Swartz. t Ordered to stop by telegram from Dr. Slack. 



Prof. Spencer F. Baird, 



United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 

 Bloomsbury, October 24, 1874. 



C— VOYAGE TO BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY, WITH SHAD. 



By Fred Mather. 



Oil the morning of Tuesday, August 4, 1874, 1 left Holyoke, Mass., for 

 New York to make preparations to receive the fish on board the steamer 

 Bonau, advertised to sail the next day. At midnight the fish arrived at 

 the Grand Central depot, in charge of two men of the commission. There 

 were ten cans, each containing 10,000 fry, hatched the morning before. 

 The cans were ordinary milk-cans, capable of holding twelve gallons; 

 two extra cans for water, and a double set of siphons, strainer-tubes, 

 and dippers were also brought. An express- wagon conveyed them to 

 the steamer's wharf at Hoboken, where they were taken on board the 

 ship. On the morning of the 5th I was joined by Mr. A. Anderson, 

 who was selected to assist in taking care of the fish on the passage. 

 The cans were placed in a room 15 feet by 8. This room was a pas- 

 sage-way, between the gangways of the lower or cabin deck ; it had also 

 a stair leading to the upper deck ; a door at each gangway and at the 

 top of the stairs, which when closed made it a tight room. The steamer 

 had two tanks filled with Croton water, expressly for our use ; these 

 were in the lower hold, and were of cast iron, lined with cement. 



Mr. Anderson and myself divided our watches into six hours each, 



