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22. Statement of Heman S. Dill, Welljleet, Mass., January 9, 1875. 



1. Pogy or bard-head. 



2. They are sometimes very scarce. 



3. Diminished. 



4. In 1873, I do not know. About six thousand barrels in 1874, in 

 this bay ; there is no sale for them in the spring here. 



5. I think not. 



G. About the middle of May ; they are small in the spring and large 

 and fat in the fall. 



7. They swim liigh ; are seen in shoals. 



8. They come from the south. 



0. Quite regularly, about the same time of the year. 

 JO. I think seines are a damage : gill-nets do no harm. 



11. The ebb tide they show themselves the most. 



12. It seems to me that shoal water or eel-grass bottom, or close in 

 shore, are their favorite localities. 



13. You see them in all depth of water. 



14. I think it does ; they will not stay in cold or warm water ; I think 

 they will stay in cold water the longest. 



15. We find those of different ages togei;her. 



16. They are seen quite plentifully here in August and September, 

 from three to five inches long. 



17. They leave by degrees, and are not all gone until September. 



18. They leave by passing to the east of Cape Cod. 



19. Somewhere in the South, or near the edge of the Gulf. 



20. Some small shrimps of a red color we find inside. 



21. They spawn here in May or June. 



22. They are generally all together, £s far as I know. 



23. I never saw anything like it. 



24. Quite a low temperature. 



25. From three to five fathoms in this bay. 



26. They are, I tliink, attached to stones or grass. 



28. They are found here in considerable abundance sometimes; I have 

 seen them in shoal water for two months. The blue-fish then drove 

 them out, or they would have remained there for two months longer. 

 They grow from two to three inches while in this shoal. I have noticed 

 them grow from day to day. 



29. It does, sometimes. 



30. I think most kinds of fish devour them. I think crabs destroy a 

 great many. 



31. I never saw anything of the kind. 



32. Blue-fish will drive them into creeks and bays, and finallj' drive 

 them off the coast entirely. They used to stay here all summer in Barn- 

 stable Bay ; now they stay but three or five weeks, in May and in the 

 first part of June. 



