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ure of the iisli iu this locality and the fluctuations in abundance; the 

 lignres do not include the small mackerel referred to, of which no account 

 was taken. As such detailed and accurate information is not often 

 obtainable, it probably warrants the full presentation given it. 



Daihj pound-net catch of Spanish mackerel near Hunyer Creek, Northampton County, Va, 



* On these days a storm was raging and no fish wore caught. 



Another lot of pounds, consisting of 4 nets in 1889 and 3 nets in 1890, 

 situated nearer the ocean than the foregoing, took the following num- 

 ber of mackerel : 



Monthly pound-net catch of Spaniah mackerel near Cape Charles City, Va. 



