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adoption of fish ways. The natural obstructions are often of a more 

 serious nature. The sea frequently throws up a bar in estuaries and 

 the mouths of streams in such a Avay as to. prevent the fish from 

 ascending into fresh water and depositing their spawn. Point 

 Judith Pond off'ers an instance of this kind. The pond and its 

 tributaries comprise the largest enclosed body of water in the 

 State, being about four miles long and one mile and a half wide. 

 In former years large numbers of bass and herring were found in 

 the waters of this pond and in the streams opening into it. It 

 was more than a breeding place, for large numbers of bass were 

 found throughout the winter, though it is possible that they were 

 accidentally shut in by the closing of the "breach." It is fair to 

 infer that under favoral)le conditions fish would again make this 

 their breeding ground. 



Shipmeut of Fish and Lobsters hy regular lines of Transportaiioii 

 from Newport^ for the year 1897. 



Fish. Lobsters. Swordfish. 



Bbls. Bbls. 



January. 270 17 



February 489 



March 4G 1 



April 204 02 



May 7,670 225 



June 6,154 452 



July 1,610 638 44 



August 1,664 380 1 



September 3,112 170 



October 2,557 15 



November 1,135 19 



December 147 (50 



25,058 2,039 45 



Total of fish and lobsters, 27,097 barrels. 



