16 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



7.— TJBIE TBAIVSPIiANTIIVO OF ONE HUNDRED 1.0B8TERS FKOIH THK 

 EASTERN PART OF I.ONO ISLAND TO CDESAPEAKE RAY. 



By I^ieut. W. ITI. Tl^OOD, U. S. K. 



[From a report of the Fish Hawk trip from Wood's Holl to Washington, October 



11-30, 1883.] 



Wednesday, October 24, 1883, we received at navy-yard, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., one hundred live lobsters for deposition in Chesapeake Bay. 

 They were from Mr. Blackford, who had them sent especially for the 

 purpose from Fort Pond Bay, Long Island. They were placed in the tank 

 belonging to the ice-machine, a sheet-iron-lined box, 8 feet long, 20 

 inches wide, and 30 inches deep. A constant circulation of water was 

 maintained by means of one of the pumps and suitable piping. 



Friday, the 26th, the weather showing signs of clearing, we left the 

 yard at 12.40 p. m., and put to sea, passing Scotland light-ship off Sandy 

 Hook at 3.15 p. m., and entering the capes of the Chesapeake at 6.20 

 p. m. of the 27th. 



The lobsters were now all taken from the box and placed in tubs pre- 

 paratory to putting them in the water. Only two were dead, notwith- 

 standing their crowded quarters, and all the rest seemed strong and 

 healthy. 



At 8 o'clock, October 27, we arrived abreast of Fort Wool (Rip Eaps) 

 and deposited them on the north side of the fort. 



Washington, D. C, October 31, 1883. 



S.— A FOUR-POUND CARP I^IVES EIGHT HOURS OUT OF ITATER 

 RY REINO PACKED IN WET ITIOSS. 



By R. T. ^W. DUKE. 



[From a letter to C. W. Smiley.] 



On Saturday evening I caught with a hook a " carp " which would 

 weigh about 4 pounds. I put him in my bath-tub filled with water. 

 On yesterday, about 8 o'clock a. m., I put the carp in a small box, sur- 

 rounding it with wet moss, and forwarded to Lynchburg by express. 

 It reached there about 4 p. m., and I learn this morning from my friend 

 to whom it was sent that when taken out and placed in a tub it was as 

 lively as could be. My family ate a small carp Sunday morning, and 

 thought it very good. 



Chaelottesville, Va., March 18, 1884. 



