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other than tliosc of solving nature's mysteries. General E. E. 

 Bryant, one of Wisconsin's favorite sons, while nnder the in- 

 fluence of a jSTarragansett clam hake, and the ozone of Wood's 

 Hole, surprised the memhers that he was a natural born orator; 

 deep, inspiring, pathetic, amusing, and that he lost himself in 

 such an overflow of language that the members of the Michigan 

 Fish Commission are still searching the dictionary for fry and 

 fingerling meanings. 



Again, the medium tlirougli which tlie pul)lic is l)enefited 

 from the results of the labors of individual members is the record 

 of transactions. It is an honor to this society, a great credit to 

 Secretary Seymour Bower, for the complete and general arrange- 

 ment of the re])ort for 1900. Would it not be well for this 

 society to go still farther in their annual reports by following 

 New York's most elegant ofhcial report of the State Fish Com- 

 mission ? A volume more complete than our present form would 

 be an everlasting honor to our society. In glancing at the many 

 papers and discussions of men like F. JST. Clark, C. E. Brewster, 

 H. W. Davis, George F. Peabody, A. N. Cheney, Prof. A. D. 

 Mead, Hon. Eugene G. Blackford, W. DeC. Eavenel, Hon. 

 George M. Bowers, J. W. Titcomb and many others we are not 

 surprised to learn that they are uniform in one belief that great 

 problems of the future increase of our food fishes center in the 

 success of what is now in progress by active members of today 

 who are to read papers and discuss this new movement. Xo man 

 is l)etter able to tell us what is required of our legislators to 

 guarantee to the ]ieople, "Practical Protection and Pcrpetiuition 

 of our Wild Life,'' than our esteemed Grant M. Morse, ]\Iichi- 

 gan's State Game Warden. He has carefully studied the past 

 and concludes that there is but one way to make this a success. 

 He argues that men and fish are now one, that fish planted in the 

 lakes and streams hatched by members of this society feel as if 

 they were under obligations to their friends — the fish culturists. 

 Therefore, he will suggest that fish should be requested not to 

 feed uj)on their kind, not to enter a net or trap, or other evil 

 devices of man, and do away with "Uniform General Eaws." 

 This idea is sanctioned by one of our oldest and most revered 

 nu'mlK'rs, Dr. J. (*. Parker, for he is satisfied that, "Man is a 

 controlling factor in aquatic life.'' We have bad hints of this 



