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shall be paid at the rate of not more than one hundred dollars, and only 

 for the time of their actual service. 



Sec. XXXVI. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts, 

 whether of the public general or public local laws, inconsistent with the 

 provisions of this enactment, be and the same are hereby repealed. 



Sec. XXXVII. And be it enacted, That no non-resident shall take any 

 fish in any of the waters of this State, except by angling or with hand- 

 line, and nothing in this act shall be so construed as to exempt any one 

 from the operation of the several local laws of this State, where and to 

 the extent that such local laws superadd to the requirements of this aot. 



Sec. XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from 

 the time of its passage. 



EELS (ANGIIILLA ROSTRATA) IN NEW BEDFORD WATER PIPE*- 

 MACKEREL ABUINDA1VT IN AITIHERST RIVER. 



By WILLAKD NYE, Jr. 



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



I send by express several eels that came out of the water-supply pipes 

 of this place. Xow, it struck me that they might be the descendants of 

 the salt-water eels that ran up the Amherst River and got caught there 

 when the water-works dam was made, over ten years ago, and that they 

 had taken what they thought the shortest way back to salt water. 

 They were first noticed in the pipes soon after the nights began to be 

 chilly, and the most trouble from them was in the lower part of thee 

 near the salt water, where they took over thirty out of one pipe. The 

 one in the jar that got stuck in a pipe shows how anxious they were ro 

 get along. 



This year mackerel have struck into our rivers in great quantities, 

 and they ran higher than I have ever seen them here before. Tin 

 were three sizes, viz, about seven, ten, and a few fourteen inches long, 

 and they must have been driven in here by some kind of fish, as a large 

 per cent, of them showed marks of teeth on their sides, and they did not 

 look like blue-fish bites. 1 thought it might be of interest, as there has 

 never since I can remember been one-tenth as many mackerel in our 

 rivers in any season, and when they were here they were of the small 

 size. 



New Bedford, Mass., October 27, 1882. 



