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Gravesend bay, which is a portion of lower New York bay. 

 He caught ten fish, averaging from nine to twelve pounds 

 each, the largest weighing nineteen pounds. The fish were 

 taken in fyke nets, set for shad, and were caught between 

 May 9th and 29th. Eighteen more were taken in this bay> 

 making twenty-eight in all. Mr. Donnelly took four; S. 

 Voorhees, seven ; Denyse and Cozine, three ; while A. Voor- 

 hees, J, B. Vorhees, S. Morris and D. Snedicor took one each. 

 Mr. John B. Denyse showed me a drawing of a young salmon, 

 made by his son, of a fish caught by him on June 14th, 1887, 

 which was eight inches in length. The drawing was well 

 done, and I had no doubt of its being a salmon. 



New York bay. — There were twenty fish taken in the bay, 

 weights not given. The following men took them : L. Kells, 

 Greenville, N. J., three; H. Meserole, Greenville, N. J., four; 

 J, Gelshion, Greenville, N. J., four; J. M. Minugh, Communi- 

 paw, N. J., two; J. Woods, Communipaw, N. J., one ; J. Mc- 

 Laughlin, Jersey City, N, J., one; George Griffin, Pamrapo, 

 N. J., two ; Van Buskirk and Titus, Pamrapo, N. J., two ; 

 Richard Cadmus, Bayonne, N. J., one ; total, twenty. 



Prince's bay, — Three fish are recorded from this water, D, 

 Finnegan, Morris & Brown, and VV, M. Morris, all of Port 

 Monmouth, N. J., each took one. 



New Jersey Shore of the Hudson. — Five salmon were taken 

 just above Weehawken by as many men, or fishing partners. 

 J. & J. Ludlow, S. & J, Ludlow, and R. DuBois, all of Wee- 

 hawken, each took one salmon, as did also Henry Scott, of 

 Pleasant Valley, N. J., and Barber and Wilson of Alpine, N.J, 



From New York to Troy, — By favor of Mr, E, G, Black- 

 ford I obtained the addresses of the men who fish for shad in 

 Hudson, and was thereby enabled to go directly to the fisher- 

 men, which greatly simplified the work in the different cities 

 and villages by saving the time in making inquiries for them. 

 Mr. Henry Burden, also one of the New York Fishery Com- 

 missioners, helped me to many facts concerning the catch 

 about Troy and above. Mr, Burden has taken much interest 



