102 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH' COMMISSION. 



Carp and ides sent to England. — On September 10, 1884, Michael 

 Beverley, M. D., of 52 St. Gile's street, Norwich, England, visited the 

 carp ponds in Washington, and was so ranch pleased that he requested 

 fish to take back with him to England. He has a small fish-cnltural 

 establishment at Brnndall, and extended trout ponds of his own. He 

 stated that he had never seen in England any blue carp or leather carp, 

 although he has propagated the scale and mirror carp. 



Accordingly, September 30, the Commissioner presented to him 10 

 young leather carp, 10 blue carp, and 10 golden ides. These were for- 

 warded, in two cans containing about 5 gallons each, to E. G-. Black- 

 ford, New York, for shipment. Dr. Beverley accompanied them to 

 Liverpool upon the Cunard steamer Servia, sailing October 1, 1884. 



The carp endured the passage safely, and were placed in Dr. Beverley's 

 ponds October 4. The golden ides, however, were dead when he arrived 

 on board the Servia. That was attributed to the presence of some de- 

 composing water-weed which had been placed in the can for the purpose 

 of affording food or for keeping -the water aerated. The carp also showed 

 signs of being affected by it, but a change of water and the removal of 

 the plant quickly revived them. 



Prices of carp.— Mr. Amos Smith, Mountain Hill, Barris County, 

 Georgia, under date of November 24, 1884, says : 



" I have been selling carp during the past two years from my five 

 ponds, which cover an area of 5 acres. My prices are as follows: One 

 inch to 3 inches long, 10 cents each ; 3 to 5 inches long, 15 cents each ; 

 5- to 8 inches long, 25 cents each ; 8 to 10 inches long, 50 cents each ; 

 10 to 12 inches long, $1 each ; 12 to 20 inches long, $2 each ; spawners, 

 to 12 inches long, 50 cents each ; spawners, 4 to inches long, 25 cents 

 each." 



Street dust injurious to carp. — At the United States fish ponds, 

 Washington, the last week in September, 1884, Dr. Hessel found sev- 

 eral thousand sickly carp in the north and east ponds, and subsequently 

 about 150 dead. Upon examination small particles of iron, iron rust, 

 cinders, saw-dust, manure, &c, were found sticking to the gills of the dead 

 fish. A strong wind had prevailed for several days, blowing a large 

 amount of dust from the streets into these ponds, and to this Dr. Hessel 

 attributed the sickness and death of the carp. 



A GERMAN VIEW OF AMERICAN CARP-CULTURE.* — At a meeting 



of the fishery association of Lower Franconia, held November 7, at the 

 Falcon Hotel, and numerously attended, the president of the associa- 

 tion, Mr. Zenk, read a paper on the acclimatization of fish, and especially 

 on .the introduction of the German carp into North America. 



Mr. Zenk said: "Even in the Old World we know that the carp has 



"From the Wurzbnrger Presae, Wiirzbiirg, Bavaria, November 8, 1884. Translated 

 from tbe German by Herman Jacobson. 



