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taining 04,000 eggs. These were in very bad condition, one-fourth had 

 hatched in the package, and the remainder of the eggs were dead. It 

 was evident that they had not been iced on the ship. On March 20 we 

 received from the Fischerei-Verein a case containing 40,000 eggs which 

 were in better condition, only 4,134 being dead. Ten thousand were 

 sent to Mr. F. N. Clark, of Northville, Mich., and 3,000 to George A. 

 Seagle, of Wytheville, Va. On April 1G we received from Herr Max 

 von dem Borne, of Berneuchen, two cases containing 50,000 eggs, which 

 were in very good order, about 500 being dead. Thirteen thousand 

 were repacked and sent to Mr. Clark, at jSTorthville, and 1,000 to James 

 Nevin, superintendent of the Wisconsin Fish Commission at Madison. 



SHAD (CLUPEA SAPIDISSEVIA). 



On April 2G, 188G, we received from Central Station at Washington 

 two cases containing 546,000 eggs, which were all dead on arrival. On 

 April 29 we received from the same place five cases containing 1,250,000 

 eggs. These were not in good condition, and the loss in hatching was 

 very great, but we succeeded in getting 100,000 good fry, which were 

 planted in the Hudson, near Troy. 



SMELTS (OSMERUS MORDAX). 



We have succeeded in hatching large numbers of smelts, the parent 

 fish being obtained on the south side of Long Island and brought here 

 in cans. The glutinous nature of the eggs has rendered their hatching 

 very difficult, but we have managed to bring out about 50 per cent, of 

 the eggs taken, and in the spring of 188G turned out over 2,000,000 fry 

 in Cold Spring Harbor. There has been no smelt in the harbor for 

 a number of years, but in the spring of 1887 a number were reported to 

 have been taken in Oyster Bay, which connects with the harbor ; and 

 at the upper end of Cold Spring Harbor we have seen several male fish 

 in the little streams where our plants have been made for the past two 

 years, but no females were observed. 



TOMCOD (MICROGADUS TOMCODUS). 



These little fish, although very plentiful here, are more numerous 

 than ever since our efforts in cultivating them. The eggs are free and 

 heavy enough to hatch well in the McDonald jars. They are about one- 

 seventeenth of an inch in diameter. A small Bar glass, 2| inches high, 

 14 inches at the bottom and 2^ inches at the top, inside measurements, 

 holds 20,000 eggs when filled up to a height of about 2 inches. Two 

 million two hundred and twenty-five thousand of these eggs were takeir 

 and placed in hatching jars, and at about the time when the embryos in 

 the eggs could be seen, a blizzard blew through our old building and 

 froze them all. 



