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sterlet aud the shad. The last-mentioned fish may well be termed 

 "the old flame of the German Fishery Association," and it must be said 

 that the attempts to transplant the shad from American to German 

 waters have been carried on in the most energetic manner. Quite 

 recently Col. M. McDonald, one of Professor Baird's most active assist- 

 ants, seems to have shown his intention of making new experiments 

 in transporting shad to Europe. I look to his experiments with great 

 confidence in the fact that the proud English adage "where there's a 

 will there's a way" is nowhere better understood and practiced than in 

 the United States. 



Does it seem probable that the above-mentioned fish exhaust the list 

 of those which could be introduced with us to advantage ? I can hardly 

 suppose this to be the case ; for I think that even on this field of human 

 knowledge we can serve our country still more in the future. As long 

 as I am privileged to serve the German Fishery Association my eyes 

 shall be open in this direction and my zeal shall not grow cold. 



Schmoldow, Germany, Novemher 3, 1882. 



CATCHING DOGFISH FOR ©II, AM> GUANO. 



By B. FRANK GALLUP. 



[Letter to Prof. S. F. Baird. J 



Allow me to call your attention to a new industry started this season 

 on this coast upon scientific principles, and which promises to be a suc- 

 cess, providing there is a bounty allowed to the fishermen. I refer to 

 the catching of Dogfish and making them into oil and guano. I have 

 paid this season $1 per 100 fish, and the fishermen claim that the price 

 is too low, yet it is all that I can afford to pay for them — in fact all they 

 are worth. My views are that if the fishermen received a bounty in ad- 

 dition to the above price, that many more would engage in the business, 

 and add their mite to ridding the ocean of these destructive fish. 



I have this season converted the Pogie factory, formerty owned by 

 Gallup & Holmes into using the fish, and can handle during their stay 

 here say 1,000,000 fish, besides being instrumental in destroying twice 

 that number in the young fish nearly matured. 



East Boothbay, Me., September 2G, 1882. 



