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Thus our old fisherman, Lucas, who is still living, in one year only 

 caught two carp, the larger of the two weighing 75 pounds. In the fol- 

 lowing year I visited the lake, and, as far as I remember, caught about 

 40 carp, several of which weighed 40 to 50 pounds. 



The grandfather of the present Count von der Schulenburg, who was 

 then living at Lieberose, told my father that in a conversation with the 

 Duke of Dessau the duke had praised his large sturgeons and my father his 

 large carp. My father thereupon presented the count with a large carp, 

 which was placed in a lake near Iamlitz, where it remained till autumn. 

 Meanwhile the count had had a little wagon made containing a recepta- 

 cle suited to the size of the carp, and Mr. Brunsch, locksmith, and Mr. 

 Brann, shoemaker, both citizens of Lieberose, were detailed to transport 

 the carp to Dessau. Both these good people were anxious to earn a 

 little extra money, and during their journey exhibited the carp for 

 money in several towns. This of course caused a delay, and when the 

 carp reached Dessau it was dead, but still fresh enough to be cooked 

 and placed on the ducal table. Its bones were so large that the guests 

 took them home as curiosities. 



I do not remember how long the journey lasted, nor in what year it 

 occurred, but it must have been about the middle of the third decade of 

 the present century, for from 1830 to 1833 I attended the college at 

 Giiben, was in the same class with your brother Oswald, and afterwards 

 staid with my father till the end of September, 1833. A few years 

 later I visited the Swan Lake and caught the above-mentioned carp. A 

 year previous the extraordinarily large carp had been caught. 



I was glad to see that you take an interest in these matters, and have 

 therefore cheerfully furnished the desired information. 



I have also a number of years ago read an old chronicle giving a de- 

 scription of the origin of the Schwielsch Lake, and of its former location. 

 Let me know whether this would interest you. 

 Bespectfully, yours, 



W. EEIGLITZ. 



The Swan Lake, located in the county of Liibben, district of Erank- 

 furt-on-the-Oder, measures about 150 hectares. Towards the end of 

 winter it receives a great deal of excellent fish-food in the thaw and rain- 

 water coming from large meadows. The fish found in this lake conse- 

 quently grow very rapidly, and have a most delicious flavor. 



In 1865 I have, during the ice-fisheries in this lake, seen 18 carp 

 weighing from 25 to 40 pounds each, and bleie or bream weighing up- 

 wards of 20 pounds. All these large fish had a particularly beautiful 

 shape. 



In my own and rented lakes I myself have caught carp weighing from 

 25 to 27 pounds, which, judging from their scales, must have been about 

 thirty years old. 



Carp-culture needs no better recommendation. 

 S. Miss. 59 43 



