[5] OPEEATIONS AT THE NORTHVILLE HATCHERY. 



AT NORTH BASS— Continued. 



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AT MIDDLE BASS. 



AT KELLET'S ISLAND. 



The eggs were packed and conveyed to the hatchery in the flannel- 

 tray shipping-cases, substantially in the same manner noted in my last 

 report (1880-'81). 



At Alpena, Mich., whence I anticipated receiving a large number of 

 eggs, a very decidedly oif year for the fishermen, and in consequence 

 for the spawn-gatherer, was experienced. The continued warm weather 

 of October and November delayed the cooling of the water to that 

 degree necessary to drive the fish from the deep waters to the shoals 

 and reefs for the purpose of spawning, until near the usual time for 

 winter to set in; so that the fishermen, fearing a repetition of the 

 experiences of the preceding season, when winter was precipitated upon 

 them so suddenly that a large amount of fishing appurtenances were 

 frozen in and destroyed, entailing heavy losses, were affrighted at the 

 first cold snaj), and had relegated all their paraphernalia to winter 

 quarters before the ebb-tide of whitefish — the fisherman's bonanza — 

 had set in. 



S. Mis. 110 66 



