HISTORY or THE AMERICAN MENHADEN, 453 



55. Wilmington. 



56. Painting. 



57. Forty to 50 cents per gallon. 

 5S. I think not. 



55. Statement of D. E. Foster, Cape May Lifjhillouse, N. J., February 15, 



1875. 



1. Bony fish. 



2. They are more numerous than any other fish visiting our coast. 



0. They come from the south ; the first arrival is about April ; these 

 fish are larger but not so fat as those which come about July. 



7. They generally swim in schools near the surface. 



17. They leave about November, heading to the north. 



30. They are preyed upon by sharks, porpoises, fish-hawks, &c. 



33. I have not known of any disease to prevail among the fish here. 



42. They are used mostly for manure. There is no oil manufactured 

 here. 



56. Statement of A. A. Oicens, PJdladelphu, Pa., March 31, 1875. 



I. Oldwives and mossbunkers. 



3. Cannot perceive either way. 



4. None. 



5. No ; there are very few captured. 



6. They are first seen in June and July. The last are the largest. 



7. They swim high and make a ripple. 



8. From the northeast in large schools. 



9. They seldom fail. 



10. I think not. 



II. They come in on the flood and pass out on the ebb tide. 



12. Along the coast and in the inlets. 



13. They generally prefer deep water. 



14. They become somewhat torpid when sudden cold weather comes. 



15. Sometimes both together. 



16. There are no very small ones seen. 



17. They leave by degrees in the fall. 



18. Northward and eastward. 



22. They seem to mis indiscriminately in schools. 



29. I think not. 



30. The bluefish is their greatest enemy. 



32. They are destroyed in great numbers by fish on the coast. 



33. Very seldom in this vicinity. 



34. Pocket nets and seines. 

 43. None. 



51. Greatest in the fall. 



54. New York and Philadelphia. 



