332 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Number. 



Wheeler, L. T., Corsicana, Navarro Co., Tex 106 



White, C. S., Romney, Hampshire Co., W. Va 21 



Whitman, A. F., Nashville, Davidson Co., Tenn 'J") 



Wihy, F. I., Charlotte Hall, Saint Mary's Co., Md 146 



Wilkins, A. II., Whitesboro', Grayson Co., Tex 102 



Willax, Michael, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Md 122 



Wilmot, Samuel, New Castle, Ontario, Canada 5 



Wilson, B. J., Allanta, Fulton Co., Ga 1(35 



Withers, Robt. E., Wytheville, Wythe Co., Va ISO, 234 



Wolf, Daniel, Fairplay, Washington Co., Md 103 



Wood, Pemberton, Union Bridge, Carroll Co.,Md 1C>5 



Woodruff, E. B., Morristown, Morris Co., N. J 9 



Woolfolk, J. L., Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Ky 19'i 



Wright, Abel A., Griffin, Spalding Co., Ga 100,231 



Wright, II. B., Saulsbury, Hardemann Co., Tenn 1G0 



Yager, Win. O., Luray, Page Co., Va 119 



Young, Win. L., Waverly, Clay Co., Miss 14'.t 



Zahn, Frederick, Frizellburgh, Carroll Co., Md 32 



53 THE SPAWNING OF BECEFISH- AN OPINION OF THE CAUSE OF 



MORTALITY OF FISH IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. 



By II. D. PIERCE. 



[From a letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



I have repeatedly taken bluefish in Lake Worth, Florida, also at 

 Jupiter Inlet, fully ripe and ready for spawning, in the month of Janu- 

 ary. In April, I have seen great numbers of young bluefish at the south 

 end of Lake Worth. This is a salt-water lake, with no fresh water flow- 

 ing into it of any account, and the only lake of the kind on the Florida 

 coast. I have no doubt that it will be found that the bluefish spawn 

 all along the Florida coast. 



I do not believe the theory that the occasional mortality of the fish 

 of the coast is caused by poisonous water coming from the Everglades. 

 If the water in which these dead fish were found had been tested with a 

 thermometer the reason would probably have been found. I once tried it 

 by immersion and succeeded in giving myself the worst chill I ever had. 

 The next day, for a distance of tour miles, there were thousands of fish 

 on the beach all floating in the water. All were what we call bottom 

 or rock fish with one exception, the hying fish, of which a great many 

 were killed. This was in the month of July, when there was no fresh 

 water coining out of the Everglades within GO miles of where the fish 

 were found. 



Bisoayne Bay Life Saving Station, 



Miami, Fla., August 31, 1883. 



