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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  to 
  transport 
  some 
  live 
  sole 
  and 
  turbot, 
  which 
  were 
  expected 
  from 
  En- 
  

   gland, 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  On 
  September 
  5 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  

   assistance 
  of 
  steamer 
  Monohanset, 
  which 
  was 
  aground, 
  took 
  oft' 
  about 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  passengers, 
  and 
  landed 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  Old 
  Colony 
  Eailroad 
  

   wharf. 
  

  

  On 
  September 
  G, 
  with 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  Ferguson 
  on 
  board, 
  

   left 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  stopped 
  at 
  New 
  London 
  over 
  night, 
  and 
  reached 
  New 
  

   York 
  on 
  the 
  7th. 
  On 
  the 
  11th 
  went 
  alongside 
  the 
  steamer 
  Republic 
  

   at 
  Jersey 
  City 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  expected 
  fish, 
  but 
  none 
  having 
  arrived, 
  the 
  

   transporting 
  equipment 
  was 
  removed 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Washington, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  we 
  returned 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  

  

  Ou 
  September 
  21 
  left 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  with 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State 
  Thomas 
  

   F. 
  Bayard 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Newport, 
  where 
  Secretary 
  Bay- 
  

   ard 
  left 
  the 
  vessel. 
  On 
  the 
  22d 
  took 
  on 
  board 
  a 
  beam-trawl 
  and 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  it 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  where 
  we 
  awaited 
  orders. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  2 
  carried 
  several 
  boxes 
  of 
  specimens 
  to 
  New 
  Haven 
  for 
  

   the 
  Peabody 
  Museum, 
  and 
  then 
  took 
  on 
  board 
  50 
  bushels 
  of 
  oysters, 
  

   with 
  which 
  returned 
  to 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  on 
  the 
  5th. 
  From 
  October 
  C 
  to 
  

   17 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  cleaning 
  and 
  painting 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  17 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  Ferguson 
  came 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  

   we 
  proceeded 
  to 
  New 
  York, 
  touching 
  at 
  Newport 
  (where 
  launch 
  Cygnet 
  

   and 
  a 
  cat-boat 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  tow) 
  and 
  New 
  Haven 
  on 
  the 
  way, 
  and 
  arriv- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  on 
  the 
  20th, 
  when 
  Mr. 
  Ferguson 
  left 
  the 
  vessel. 
  With 
  

   the 
  launch 
  and 
  cat-boat 
  in 
  tow, 
  we 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  Delaware 
  and 
  

   Raritan 
  Canal 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Biver, 
  coaled 
  ship 
  at 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  and 
  reached 
  Wilmington 
  on 
  the 
  22d. 
  From 
  the 
  22d 
  to 
  the 
  

   28th 
  were 
  loading 
  barge 
  with 
  old 
  piles 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Christiana 
  Creek, 
  

   with 
  which 
  arrived 
  at 
  Battery 
  Station 
  on 
  the 
  29th. 
  On 
  the 
  31st 
  towed 
  

   the 
  barge 
  through 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  and 
  Delaware 
  Canal, 
  and 
  delivered 
  

   it 
  in 
  Wilmington, 
  after 
  which 
  returned 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  arriving 
  on 
  

   November 
  1. 
  

  

  Ou 
  November 
  2 
  towed 
  a 
  lighter 
  of 
  coal 
  from 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace 
  to 
  Bat- 
  

   tery 
  Station, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  3d 
  left 
  the 
  station 
  with 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  

   Ferguson 
  on 
  board, 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  where 
  Mr. 
  Ferguson 
  left 
  the 
  

   vessel. 
  On 
  the 
  5th 
  took 
  some 
  freight 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  superintendent 
  of 
  

   Battery 
  Station. 
  On 
  the 
  9th 
  brought 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  lumber 
  from 
  Havre 
  de 
  

   Grace 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  for 
  use 
  there. 
  

  

  On 
  November 
  12 
  left 
  Battery 
  Station 
  and 
  proceeded 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  

   canal 
  to 
  the 
  League 
  Island 
  navy-yard, 
  below 
  Philadelphia, 
  where 
  we 
  

   took 
  ou 
  several 
  pieces 
  of 
  heavy 
  machinery 
  and 
  transferred 
  them 
  to 
  

   Battery 
  Station, 
  reaching 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  14th, 
  from 
  which 
  date 
  to 
  the 
  

   30th 
  we 
  awaited 
  orders, 
  the 
  crew 
  being 
  employed 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  

   building 
  a 
  wharf, 
  &c. 
  On 
  the 
  30th 
  two 
  trips 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  Havre 
  de 
  

   Grace 
  and 
  back. 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  1 
  left 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  having 
  on 
  board 
  Messrs. 
  Sauer- 
  

   hoff, 
  Tolbert, 
  and 
  Kenly, 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station, 
  there 
  

  

  