﻿[3] 
  WORK 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISH 
  HAWK. 
  93 
  

  

  up 
  the 
  river. 
  At 
  2.45 
  arrived 
  at 
  Fort 
  Washington 
  and 
  secured 
  to 
  wharf. 
  

   The 
  party 
  left 
  the 
  ship 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  hatching 
  station. 
  At 
  5.25 
  the 
  

   party 
  returned 
  on 
  board, 
  unmoored 
  ship, 
  and 
  steamed 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  At 
  

   C.50 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  Sixth 
  street 
  wharf. 
  

  

  May 
  16, 
  at 
  8.30 
  a. 
  m., 
  cast 
  off 
  from 
  wharf 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  Potomac 
  

   Elver. 
  At 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  arrived 
  at 
  Fort 
  Washington. 
  At 
  11.30 
  a 
  fire 
  broke 
  

   out 
  in 
  the 
  fort 
  ; 
  landed 
  crew 
  with 
  fire-bnckets, 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  put- 
  

   ting 
  out 
  the 
  fire. 
  The 
  following 
  named 
  men 
  were 
  detailed 
  to 
  take 
  spawn 
  

   under 
  instructions 
  : 
  Jacob 
  Svedlin, 
  quartermaster 
  ; 
  E. 
  W. 
  Owens, 
  cox- 
  

   swain 
  ; 
  John 
  Baker, 
  quartermaster; 
  Andrew 
  Solvin, 
  seaman; 
  Charles 
  

   Stiffinson, 
  seaman. 
  On 
  May 
  17, 
  the 
  spawn-takers 
  visited 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  

   and 
  returned 
  with 
  90,000 
  shad 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  delivered 
  to 
  the 
  sta- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  May 
  20, 
  at 
  11.55, 
  in 
  obedience 
  to 
  orders 
  from 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  got 
  

   under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  the 
  river, 
  bound 
  for 
  the 
  Delaware; 
  and 
  

   at 
  9.25 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  arrived 
  off 
  Gloucester 
  Point, 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  On 
  May 
  

   28, 
  the 
  spawn-takers 
  reported 
  Bakeoven's 
  fishery 
  as 
  having 
  ceased 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  the 
  season. 
  At 
  7.55 
  p. 
  m. 
  the 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  arrived 
  with 
  

   steam 
  launch 
  Cygnet 
  in 
  tow, 
  and 
  anchored 
  near 
  this 
  vessel. 
  Obtained 
  

   677,000 
  shad 
  eggs 
  to-day. 
  

  

  June 
  1, 
  at 
  10.35, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  the 
  river. 
  At 
  11 
  

   stopped 
  off 
  Bennett's 
  fishery, 
  and 
  I 
  took 
  some 
  young 
  shad 
  ashore 
  to 
  

   show 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  At 
  11.55 
  steamed 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  Deposited 
  330,000 
  

   young 
  shad. 
  On 
  June 
  3, 
  Faunce's 
  fishery 
  stopped 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  season, 
  

   and 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Clark 
  left 
  the 
  ship, 
  having 
  been 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  shad 
  

   work 
  since 
  May 
  23. 
  On 
  the 
  13th, 
  at 
  8 
  a. 
  m., 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  

   down 
  the 
  Delaware 
  River.* 
  At 
  12 
  arrived 
  at 
  Port 
  Richmond, 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  and 
  moored 
  ship 
  to 
  coal 
  wharf. 
  

  

  June 
  14, 
  at 
  9.20, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  down 
  Delaware 
  Eiver; 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  at 
  7.50, 
  passed 
  Cape 
  Charles 
  and 
  steamed 
  up 
  

   Chesapeake 
  Bay. 
  

  

  June 
  19, 
  at 
  11.10, 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  out 
  of 
  Hampton 
  Eoads. 
  

   At 
  1.40 
  anchored 
  off 
  Butler's 
  Bluff 
  in 
  5 
  fathoms 
  of 
  water, 
  veered 
  to 
  10 
  

   fathoms 
  of 
  chains. 
  Took 
  two 
  spawn-takers 
  in 
  flat-boat 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  in- 
  

   spect 
  trap-nets. 
  At 
  3.30 
  returned 
  to 
  ship 
  with 
  200,000 
  mackerel 
  eggs. 
  

   On 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  these 
  200,000 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  eggs 
  were 
  dark 
  colored 
  

   and 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  thriving, 
  owing 
  to 
  rust 
  in 
  the 
  tank. 
  At 
  9.20 
  of 
  

   this 
  day 
  arrived 
  off 
  Butler's 
  Bluff 
  with 
  schooner 
  Oriole 
  in 
  tow. 
  Sent 
  

   four 
  boats 
  with 
  spawn 
  -takers 
  to 
  attend 
  pound-nets. 
  About 
  150 
  Span- 
  

   ish 
  mackerel 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  four 
  pound-nets, 
  but 
  few 
  found 
  ripe. 
  On 
  

   the 
  21st, 
  of 
  the 
  200,000 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  19th, 
  a 
  

   few 
  had 
  hatched, 
  but 
  all 
  died, 
  caused 
  probably 
  by 
  rust 
  in 
  the 
  water. 
  

   On 
  June 
  23, 
  W. 
  P. 
  Sauerhoff 
  reported 
  on 
  board 
  for 
  duty 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  hatching. 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  a 
  fuller 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  work 
  of 
  tbi.s 
  season, 
  see 
  Bulletin 
  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C, 
  1885, 
  

   pp. 
  :»5-y99. 
  

  

  