396 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



At 5 p. in. I got under way and steamed down the river about 6 miles, 

 and at 6 p. m. anchored off Faunce's fishery. Mr. Clark and I visited 

 Faunce's seine haul, and another owned by the Bakeoven Brothers. 

 Made arrangements with both to procure spawn. Got 98,000 eggs from 

 Faunce's in the one haul we were able to attend, 504,000 from Howell's 

 Cove, 266,000 from Eagle Point; total, 86S,000 eggs. No returns from 

 Gloucester Point. 



May 26. — Early in the morning I finished the examination of the fish- 

 ing shores. There is one just above Billingsport, and one about 2 miles 

 below. The one above is owned by one of the Faunces, and the one 

 below by Bennett Brothers. The one just above Billingsport cut out 

 in the evening. The total number of eggs received this day was 434,000. 

 But few fish were caught; total to date, 1,302,000. We have as yet re- 

 ceived no eggs from Gloucester Point, and the gillers are doing very 

 poorly, catching very few, and none ripe. 



In the evening I anchored above the Schuykill, with the idea of avoid- 

 ing the oil coming out of that river. 



May 27. — The total number of eggs taken to-day was 943,000. Of 

 this number 167,000 were taken from gillers. One giller refused to 

 allow his fish to be overhauled because the spawn-taker could not pay 

 cash. In future I shall provide my men with a little money, so as to 

 be prepared for a similar case. 



Mr. Clark's assistants arrived to-day. They went out among the gill- 

 ers, but were unsuccessful. No eggs have as yet been obtaiued from 

 Gloucester Point. The eggs put in the cones and jars on the 25th and 

 26th are doing well. Some of the 25th are nearly hatched out. 



May 28.— The spawn-takers got 677,000 eggs to-day, 64,000 from 

 Howell's Cove, 457,000 from Bennett's fishery, and 156,000 from Eagle 

 Point; total to date, 2,922,000. Five shores were attended. 



May 29.— Kesult of the day's work as follows : Howell's Cove, 640,000; 

 Faunce's, 110,000 ; Bennett Brothers, 143,000 ; total, 893,000 ; total to 

 date, 3,815,000. 



Yesterday 156,000 eggs were taken from one shad at Eagle Point 

 fishery, owned by Kice & Bakeoven. The eggs were brought iu by 

 Jacob Svedlin, quartermaster, and carefully measured. He stated that 

 he had stripped only one shad. Mr. Clark and I visited the fishery this 

 morning and obtained the corroborative evidence of Mr. Bakeoven and 

 one of the men. I am satisfied that it is true. The fish weighed about 

 pounds. 



Eggs and young fish apparently iu good condition. A few dead eggs 

 have been removed from the surface. 



May 30. — Spawn was obtained from Howell's Cove, 160,000 eggs from 

 two fish. No haul was made later than 4 p. m., all the seines being- 

 hauled up for Sunday. 



This afternoon I took 250,000 young fish down to Bice & Bakeoven's 

 fisheries, to show the fishermen some of the results of the hatching 



