358 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



121. -DISPOSITION OF WHITEFI8H KGCiS SF.IVT TO SWIXZiiRL AND. 



By E. FRET, Minister. 



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



I am directed by the federal department of commerce and agricult- 

 ure to inform you that the 500,000 eggs of the whitefish which you had 

 the kindness to deliver to my Government have arrived in good state 

 at Bern, and have been sent with the necessaiy instructions and appa- 

 ratus to the following fish hatcheries : 



Location. 



Zurich . 

 Bern . . . 

 Lucerne 

 Zug. .... 



No. of 



eggs. 



50, 000 



100, 000 



50, 000 



50, 000 



Location. 



Grisons (Samaden) 



Vaud(l'Isle) 



Geneva 



No. of 



eggs. 



100, 000 



100, 000 



50, 000 



At the same time I am instructed to reiterate in the name of my 

 Government my thanks for your great kindness and courtesy, and to 

 say that the department will be happy at any time to be at your serv- 

 ice and disposition. 



Swiss Legation, Washington, D. C, February 19, 1885. 



1W. THE APPEARANCE OF SHARKS, SQUID. IYIEIVHADEIV, AND 



FROST-FISH. 



By J. It I. K. SOUTH WICK. 



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



Mr. D. T. Church, in the latter part of July last, called my attention 

 to a fact that I think may be of interest to you, namely, that the squid 

 were very abundant, and that a large shark taken to the oil-works was 

 found to be full of them. No menhaden were found in him. 



He says that menhaden are very plentiful from Long Island to Buz- 

 zard's Bay; and that an unusual appearance of frost-fish is noticed. 

 Mr. Church says it is something out of the ordinary course of things for 

 these fish to appear in our waters at that time of the year. The squid 

 usually are most abundant earlier in the season, while the frost-fish 

 usually appear much later. He also says that squid do attack and kill 

 the menhaden ; they envelop the heads of the menhaden with their ten- 

 tacles and gouge out a piece. 



I met Mr. Church later — some two weeks ago — and he told me that 

 menhaden were very plentiful. 



Newport, R. I., September 22, 1884. 



