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HON. EMERY DAVIS POTTER. 



P,Y J. E. GUNCKEL, FISH C0M:\IISSI0NER OF OHIO. 



A biographical sketch is probably the least inter- 

 esting of any subject that could possibly be presented 

 to a society the aim and object of which is the consid- 

 eration of the propagation and protection offish, but if 

 you will bear with me for a very few minutes I will 

 present to 3'our attention a subject that will excite 

 your interest and command your appreciation. By 

 request I am to speak to you of a man whose name 

 has been familiarly known throughout the United 

 States, and intimately known to many of us for nearly 

 half a century. As a member of this Society, and as 

 Fish Commissioner of Ohio for many years, no person 

 took a greater personal interest in the propagation and 

 distribution of fish. From the first experiments in 

 1853 of artificial breeding of trout, when he was inti- 

 mately associated with the late Dr. Theodatus Garlick, 

 to the time of his death in 1896, he w^as a faithful 

 advocate of the objects of this Society-. I would like 

 to invite your attention to a brief memorial touching 

 the life histor^^ of our esteemed companion, showing 

 his relationship to the interests of this Association 

 and what we learn from the lessons so patiently taught 

 us for nearly a century. 



Some of the most distinguished men of the country 

 have paid the highest tribute to his memory. Men of 



