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month, about 100 young fry made their appearance, but none 

 since the last date. Those eggs which hatched all came from 

 the Detroit River deposit, and none from the Kelley Island 

 box, number one. Why this departure in progressive devel- 

 opment should be in favor of box number two, I cannot say, 

 but will leave it for others to explain. Certainly they were all 

 taken from the parent fish at the same date, and have since 

 that time been under like temperature and other local condi- 

 tions. 



The 1st inst., thirty hours before the cold storm of to-day, 

 the temperature of the water fell "2 C in the hatchery, that is 

 from 40 G to 38°, although out of door.- the weather was mild, 

 as it had been for several days previous, the thermometer mark- 

 in-- ."><i c and ^o^' in the shade, with high barometer increasing 

 to the 1st. Here we have a sudden decrease of 2° in the tem- 

 perature of this water immediately preceding a storm, without 

 any corresponding fall in the air outside. This is the third 

 time this phenomenon has been noticed since December 1st. 



Our experience so far has taught us that we cannot hatch 

 frozen White Fish egg- ; second, that fish eggs, like the human 

 head can be pounded out of shape, return to their natural form 

 and continue their vitality ; and third, that very muddy water 

 doc- nut at all interfere with the perfect development of the 

 White Fish egg, from its first stage of pregnancy to the actual 

 birth of the young stranger when he comes forth with sac well 

 victualed ; and finally, that we believe the eggs on the spawn- 

 ing beds of the Lake will hatch out several weeks before the 

 first of April this season, in ease the water remains as at pres- 

 ent, 38° Far., and that nature will have the natural food for 

 the White Fish fry ready for the emergency. 

 Yours Respectfully, 



E. STERLING. 



