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fishery. The next was on Fish's Island, three-quarters of a mile below 

 the Wilkes-Barre bridge ; the next was Bowman's fishery, immediately 

 below the Wilkes-Barre bridge ; the next was the Butler fishery, a little 

 above the bridge ; the next was at Mill Creek, a mile above the bridge ; 

 the next was the Monacacy Island fishery ; the next Carey's ; the next 

 was on Wintermoot Island, this last landing on the left bank above the 

 ferry at Beauchard's ; the next was at Scovel's Island, opposite Lacka- 

 wanna Creek ; this and the Falling Spring fishery next above belonged 

 to parties living- in Providence, away up the Lackawanna. The next 

 above was at Harding's, in Exeter township ; the next above was at 

 Keeler's in Wyoming County ; the next was at Taylor's (or Three Broth- 

 ers) Island, this latter fishery was no doubt the one referred to by P. 

 M. Osterhout as being opposite McKune's station on the Lehigh Valley 

 Railroad ; the next was at Hunt's ferry circa, five miles above Tunk- 

 haunock ; the next was Grist's Bar, about a mile above Meshoppen ; the 

 ne^t was at Whitcomb's Island, a mile below Black Walnut bottom ; 

 a half a mile above this fishery was the Sterling Island fishery; and the 

 next above was Black Walnut, and half a mile further up was the 

 Chapin Island fishery; the next was at the bend at Skinner's Eddy; 

 the next was at Browntown, in Bradford County ; the next was at Ing- 

 ham's Island ; the next was at the mouth of Wyalusing Creek ; two 

 miles further up was one at Terrytown ; the next and last that we have 

 any record of was at Standing Stone, about six miles below Towanda. 



Thus it will be seen that between Northumberland and Towanda 

 there were about forty permanent fisheries. 



MONEY VALUE: 



Our country records only go back to ] 787. We spent a whole day in 

 searching the first volumes, in hopes that we might And some entries of 

 transfers of fishing rights, but our search was fruitless ; we have, how- 

 ever, found among the papers of Caleb Wright a bill of sale of a half 

 interest in a fishery between Shickshinny and Nanticoke, called the 

 ''Dutch fishery"; the price paid was £20 "lawful money of Pennsyl- 

 vania," equivalent to $53.33.* 



Jameson Harvey says that Jonathan Hunlock's interest in the Hun- 

 lock fishery was worth from five to six hundred dollars per annum ; it 

 was a half interest. Henry Roberts says a right in a fishery was worth 

 from ten to twenty-five dollars. 



MajorFassett's father was one of eleven owners in the Sterling Island 

 fishery, and his interest was valued at $100. 



Mr. Hollenback's information on the money value of the different fish- 

 eries is by far the most valuable ; he says the Standing Stone fishery 

 was worth from $300 to $400 per annum ; the Terrytown fishery was 

 worth about the same ; the Wyalusing Creek fishery was worth about 



* Caleb Wright's son received as his share of oue night's fishing at this fishery 1,900 

 shad. 



