﻿EEPOET 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHEEIES. 
  XXIX 
  

  

  Hawk 
  was 
  at 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station 
  assisting 
  in 
  the 
  driving 
  of 
  piles 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  channel 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  cut. 
  In 
  

   September, 
  after 
  undergoing 
  repairs 
  at 
  Baltimore, 
  the 
  vessel 
  proceeded 
  

   to 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  where 
  she 
  arrived 
  on 
  the 
  27th. 
  She 
  remained 
  there 
  

   until 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  performing 
  such 
  duties 
  as 
  were 
  required 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  that 
  station. 
  

  

  C. 
  — 
  The 
  Steamer 
  Lookout. 
  

  

  The 
  Lookout 
  was 
  under 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  Mate 
  James 
  A. 
  Smith 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  From 
  January 
  1 
  to 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  February 
  the 
  ves- 
  

   sel 
  was 
  at 
  Baltimore. 
  On 
  January 
  22 
  orders 
  were 
  issued 
  to 
  prepare 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  for 
  a 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  coast 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  investiga- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  

   Mexico. 
  Arriving 
  at 
  Cedar 
  Keys, 
  Florida, 
  March 
  14, 
  Assistant 
  Com- 
  

   missioner 
  Ferguson 
  joined 
  the 
  vessel 
  and 
  thereafter 
  directed 
  her 
  move- 
  

   ments. 
  Among 
  the 
  places 
  visited 
  were 
  Saint 
  Joseph, 
  Saint 
  Andrew's 
  

   Bay, 
  Pensacola, 
  Key 
  West, 
  Apalachicola, 
  Cedar 
  Keys, 
  Auclote 
  Keys, 
  

   Clear 
  Water 
  Harbor, 
  Tampa, 
  Punta 
  Rassa, 
  and 
  Havana. 
  She 
  returned 
  

   to 
  Washington 
  May 
  7, 
  and 
  after 
  some 
  repairs 
  entered 
  upon 
  the 
  shad- 
  

   hatching 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  and 
  Delaware 
  Rivers, 
  and 
  was 
  so 
  

   occupied 
  until 
  June 
  5. 
  During 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  July 
  the 
  vessel 
  made 
  

   various 
  trips 
  in 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  and 
  made 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   Spanish-mackerel 
  fisheries. 
  On 
  July 
  20 
  the 
  Lookout 
  arrived 
  at 
  Wood's 
  

   Holl. 
  On 
  the 
  29th 
  a 
  trip 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  No 
  Man's 
  Laud 
  for 
  swordnsh, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  31st 
  a 
  trip 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  New 
  Haven 
  to 
  obtain 
  oysters 
  for 
  

   us 
  e 
  in 
  propagation 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  From 
  the 
  12th 
  to 
  the 
  27th 
  of 
  Au- 
  

   gust 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  detailed 
  to 
  service 
  with 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  a 
  Fish 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  charged 
  with 
  investigating 
  

   oyster-beds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  and 
  vicinity. 
  A 
  trip 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  

   live 
  fish 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  early 
  in 
  September. 
  In 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  the 
  Lookout 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  transport 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  specimens 
  to 
  

   the 
  Peabody 
  Museum, 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Conn., 
  for 
  investigation 
  by 
  Profess- 
  

   or 
  Verrill, 
  after 
  which, 
  service 
  was 
  performed 
  in 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  in 
  

   conn 
  ection 
  w 
  7 
  ith 
  the 
  stations 
  located 
  there. 
  The 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  found 
  

   the 
  vessel 
  laid 
  up 
  in 
  Baltimore. 
  

  

  D. 
  — 
  The 
  Schooner 
  Grampus. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  report 
  for 
  1884 
  mention 
  was 
  made 
  that 
  an 
  appropriation 
  of 
  

   $14,000 
  had 
  been 
  asked 
  for 
  from 
  Congress 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  vessel 
  for 
  a 
  spe- 
  

   cial 
  purpose 
  — 
  that 
  of 
  transporting 
  living 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  oceanic 
  fish- 
  

   ing-grounds 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  station 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  Mass. 
  The 
  pos- 
  

   sibilities 
  of 
  artificial 
  propagation, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  sea-fish 
  are 
  concerned, 
  

   seemed 
  almost 
  limitless, 
  provided 
  an 
  ample 
  supply 
  of 
  fish, 
  such 
  as 
  hali- 
  

   but, 
  cod, 
  mackerel, 
  &c, 
  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  possible 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  

   supply 
  of 
  these 
  by 
  using 
  a 
  smack 
  containing 
  a 
  well, 
  and 
  the 
  possession 
  

  

  