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43. Statement of J. L. Stolces, Westhrook, Conn., February 25, 1875. 



1. Whitefish. 



2. Most numerous. 



4. Salt Island Oil Company, 6,400 barrels 



6. About the middle of May. 



7. Swim low at first. 



8. Around Montauk Point. 



9. Quite regular and certain, though more plenty some years than 

 others. 



11. Come in on the flood tide and go out on ebb tide. 



12. Bays and rivers. 



13. About 15 feet. Swim all depths. 



15. Mature in one year. 



16. Young fish are seen in October, about 6 inches long. 



17. Leave in November in continuous schools. 



18. Around Montauk, bound south. 



19. In a southern climate. 



20. Live on suction ; we always find mud inside. 



21. In large bays and sounds. 



28. Yes; they are some seasons abundant. 



30. Eels ; parent fish cannot swallow them. 



31. A living species is sometimes found on poor fish, near the gills, and 

 are called by fishermen lousy. 



32. Bluefish destroy more than all other fish. Sharks and porpoises 

 scatter and break the schools. 



35. From 15 to 75 feet deep and from 40 to 100 rods long. 



36. Sloop, steamers, and lighters. 



37. Twelve men to a gang. 



38. All times of the day. 



40. They drift to the leeward in hard winds. 



41. Five vessels ; thirty men. 



42. Used by farmers and on the spot for oil. 



43. Salt Island Oil Company ; J. L. Stokes, manager. 



46. A hydraulic press costs $1,000 cash. 



47. Thirty-seven cents per barrel in 1873. 



48. Four gallons to 1,000 fish. 



49. Nine thousand fish make one ton of scrap. 



50. They yield double. 



54. Xew York and Boston. 



55. At patent manure manufactures* 



56. Used by tanners and rope-makers. 



57. Fifty cents per gallon. 



44. Statement of F. Lillingston, Stratford, Conn. 



1. "Whitefish, generally. 



2. One thousand to one. 



