142 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



List of vessels employed in the Potomac liiver fisheries from March 31 to May 31, 1886, 

 and ielotiyinr/ in the citsloms district of Alexandria, Va.. 



[Furnislicd by B. H. Lambert, deputy collector, June IS, 1880. J 



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Sloop . 

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Name of vessel. 



Daniel Sheets 



Jeauotte 



Emjtiie 



Discovery 



Cora L. Mclieu- 



ucy. 

 Azalia H. Peart. . . 



Belvidere , 



Annie Gibson . . . 



Miami 



Kitty j^un 



Henry F. Adams. 

 Williiim L.Ellis.. 



EllaL. Vetra... 



Caroline ... . 



Floia 



S. Cha.se 



J. W. Brooks 



l>illian Frances. 



Four Si.Hteis 



Emma C. Berry. 



Virji'inia 



Cliarles Lewis 



iilar.uaret Ella . . . , 

 Leading Breeze. . . 



Leona 



Zareta 



Dove 



Thomas E. Parks. 



Mary Ellen 



CarrieP.Gambrill 

 Lizzie Kegau 



Total . 



Home port. 



Alexandria, Va . . . 

 ...do 



Georgetown, D. C. 

 Tappahauno'lv.Va. 

 Alexandria, Va . . . 



do 



...do 



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....do 



... do 



Crislield, lild. 



Crisfield, Md 



Alexandria, Va . . . 

 .. do 



Crislield, Md 



Tappahaunocli.Va, 



Crislield, Md 



New London, 

 Conn. 



Onancocli, Va 



Alexandria, Va . . . 

 ...do 



Crislield, Md 



...do 



...do 



Tap pah anuock , Va. 



Town Creek, Md.. 



Alexandria, Va . . 



Name of master. 



J. T. Southard ... 



Eicbard llaymond 



Bell 



L. E. Headloy . . . 



Charles McKen- 

 ney. 



James H. Beach, 

 .if. 



Richard Johnson 



Charles Kelly 



Webb Maddux . . . , 



William Lacock .. 



McLaughlin . 



Charles M. Simp- 

 sou. 



John M.Todd ... 



Peter Frances 



Augustus Dean. . . 



Pj'ico 



L.J.Beatly 



J. T. Bowe 



N.W.Todd 



AVilliam O. Chas- 

 sey. 



Simpson 



J. H. Beach 



James Hall 



Sava ue 



John W. Todd . . . . 



William Dashield. 



L. J. Howe 



Joe Ainold 



Poe 



Benjamin Lewis. 

 Nolile Smith 



Name of ])rincii)al 

 fishing place. 



The Gums ... 



Mattawomau 



....do 



...-.do 



Quantico 



do 



...do , 



AVade's Bay 



...do , 



Kiel 1 laud 



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White Poiut... 



Acqiiia Creek ] 



....do 



Great Wicomico . 



Deal's Island 



Wicomico 



St.George'sLslaud 



..do 



Hollowing Point. 



...do 



White House 



...do 



Mattox Creek . . . 

 (Mia{)uiau's Point. 

 Washington 



Beach. 

 St. Mary's, Md .. 

 Chapman's Poiut. 

 The Gums 



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10.21 

 11.73 

 y. 10 

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 21. CO 



19.18 



10.77 

 10.05 

 21. 80 

 27.09 

 8.80 

 5.00 



10.07 

 14.34 

 13.71 

 1.5. 22 

 47.74 

 5.00 

 12.47 

 15.70 



.'i. 47 

 22.20 

 10.19 

 26. 29 



8.83 



9.09 

 17. 22 



5.00 



13.01 

 'i'7."74 



78 457. 70 



Number of shad sold in Alexandria, season of 1880 34, 847 



Number of herring sold in Alexandria, season of 1880 3, 979, 324 



Where kockfish breed. — Mr, William N. Habersbam, writing 

 Iroui Savauuali, Ga., ou April 8, 1886, says: ^'Thc rockfisli breed liere 

 during the spring at tlie heads of all our rivers. The ypuug, 2 or 3 

 inches long, are caught in nets while casting for shrimps and hard- 

 backs. In the interior, at a i)lace where the road crosses the head- 

 waters of a shallow stream emptying into the Ogeechee Iv-iver, after a 

 rainfall I have seen rock of 20, 30, and even 10 pounds wriggling their 

 way tlirongh to a lagoon beyond, ex})osing parts of their bodies at 

 times, and being beaten with sticks and clubbed while they were push- 

 ing their way over the road. During the summer I live near a small 

 salt-water river — the Vernon — that empties into Ossabaw Sound, and 

 the rock go up to its headwaters among the lagoons and swam])S iu 

 the winter and spring, and their young are always found on the shores 

 when casting for prawns." 



