434 REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



5. No. 



6. First seen in May. Main body arrives in June. First are scatter- 

 ing, and generally largest. There are more runs than one; intervals 

 not regular. 



7. Schools swim high, and are always seen. They attract fish-hawks. 



9. Their appearance is regular and certain. 



10. No. 



11. They seem to have no regard to state of tide. 



12. In this neighborhood the whole of Long Island Sound and the 

 mouth of Connecticut Eiver, for several miles up. 



13. From three inches upward, indefinitely. 



14. They are never seen here when the water is cold. 



16. Yes, in August. Three to 'five inches long. 



17. In October, mostly in a body. 

 20. Doubtful; said to be infusoria. 

 23. No. 



28. Yes; in the creeks ard coves about the mouth of Connecticut 

 Eiver. 



29. No. 



30. Enemies not known. Parent fish do not devour them. 



31. No. 



32. A great extent. 



33. No. 



34. Purse-nets and pound-nets (pens) and hauling-seines. 



35. Purse-nets 100 fathoms and upward long, and 6 to 10 fathoms 

 deep. Pound-nets 100 rods (more or less) long, and as deep as the wa- 

 ter where they are used. Seines GO rods. 



36. With purse-nets. Sloojis of from 12 to 20 tons. Pound-nets and 

 seines, boats of 2 to 3 tons. 



37. Purse-nets and seines, 8 to 10 ; pound-nets, 3. 



38. Any part, as occasion requires. 



39. No. 



40. No. 



41. Between Connecticut Eiver and New Haven, probably 25 vessels 

 and 200 men. 



42. Sold for manure, or manufactured into oil and scrap (fish guano). 

 Those for manure are used on the spot; those to be manufactured are 

 sold to neighboring factories. 



43. One at Salt Island, Westbrook, owned by John Stokes and others. 



47. One dollar and twenty-five cents to $2 per 1,000 fish ; not sold by 

 barrel. 



48. One and one-half to 8 gallons to every 1,000 fish, according to size 

 and condition of fish. 



54. New York City. 



55. Everywhere. It is like wheat flour or greenbacks. 



56. Tanning leather and adulterating more expensive oils. 

 58. No. 



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