ill -REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 

 FISH COMMISSION STEAMER LOOKOUT FROM MARCH 31, 1881, 

 TO NOVEMBER 20, 188->. 



By Lieut. W. M. Wood, U. S. N. 



The following- is a report of the operations of the United States Fish 

 Commission steamer Lookout while under my command. 



On the 31st of March, 1881, I relieved Mate James W. Baxter, the 

 vessel then lying in Baltimore Harbor: 



Left Baltimore on the Gth of April with a large scow in tow loaded 

 ■with lumber and arrived with it at Saint Jerome's Creek on the after- 

 noon of the 7th. The next day we proceeded up the Potomac to Wash- 

 ington, where we lay refitting until April 20. 



On the 20tli got under way for a cruise to the hatching grounds in 

 Albemarle Sound and intermediate points. 



We left Albemarle Sound on April 26 and reachetl Washington again 

 on the 30th, having touched at Fisherman's Inlet, Virginia, Saint Je- 

 rome's Creek, Maryland, and several of the Potomac fishing shores on 

 the way up. 



On the 3d of May commenced making daily trips to the fishing 

 shores collecting eggs and carrying them to the hatching-house at the 

 Washin'gton navy-yard. The work was interrupted on the 8th to make 

 a trip to Saint Jerome's. Ecturniug to Washington on the 10th re- 

 sumed the collection of shad eggs. On the 22d took from the hatch- 

 ing station at Gunson's Cove about 1,000,000 shad frj^, carried them 

 across the Chesapeake and deposited them in the headwaters of the 

 Choptank River. Arrived back at Washington on the 24:th and con- 

 tinued the shad work until the 31st. Then commenced refitting and 

 overhauling preparatory to a cruise on the Kew England coast. 



Left Washington on the 22d of June, touched at Saint Jerome's, Mob 

 Jack Bay, Cherrystone Inlet, Fortress Monroe, i^orfolk, A"a., and left 

 the Bay bound north on the 29th. Arrived in Newport on the 3d of 

 July, touching at Xew York and IS^ew London on the way. Then cruised 

 on the New England coast until the beginning of October, going as far 

 north as New Brunswick. 



We left Newport October 4 for Baltimore, touching at Wilmington, 

 Del., and Havre de Grace. We left Baltimore on the 17th of October 

 for Yorktown, Va., returning to Baltimore on the 21st. 



Sailed for Saint Jerome's on the 25th and arrived in Washington on 

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