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tiinc. in c^Jiincction with the program of the Society and the 

 work before us. the ])art that rehites to recreation. 1 find that 

 we can hold meetiiii^s very conveniently on either the riranii)us 

 or I'ish Hawk and rcarl our papers at the same time. It was 

 sno-o-ested in this ])roi:^rani that a visit be made to one or more 

 of the connnercial trout hatcheries, and 1 have had correspond- 

 ence with -Mr. Wood, t!ie superintendent of the hatchery at Ply- 

 nu)uth, and Mr. Ilurlburt of East I'reetown. Mr. Wood holds 

 forth a very attractive program for us, but I am going to be 

 perfectly candid and present the drawbacks to all. The visit to 

 I'lvnrovith wdl give vou an opportunity to visit three or four 

 hatcheries, but it will be a three or four hours" trip on the cars, 

 and those that have just come from 15oston will probably not care 

 to go through that torrid atmosphere again. Mr. Hurlburt has a 

 hatchen- eight miles from New Bedford. We can take the Fish 

 Hawk and read papers on board the boat, arriving at New Bed- 

 ford in about an hour and a half, and take an electric car to East 

 h'reetown. and then have a 13 minutes' walk through the woods 

 to his hatchery. There you can see a typical hatchery for raising 

 trout for the market, where they do business for what there is in 

 it, and we can have an electric car to ourselves to go up and 

 return. Wie can then have dinner at New Bedford. The only 

 expense for the trip will be for this dinner, which we can arrange 

 for beforehand as soon as we know how many will go. Possibly 

 there are other representatives of commercial hatcheries here who 

 would like to present invitations, and before this is acted upon I 

 woidd in((uire if there are any such. 



The Secretary: T want to say that I have received a verv 

 cordial invitation from Mr. Handy, of South Wareham, to visit 

 his hatchery. I supposed T had his letter here, but I must have 

 mislaid it. Mr. Handy is here and perhaps will speak for him- 

 self. 



Mr. Handy: You can leave here ar 2:20 and arrive at South 

 Wareham at 3 :20, and I will then take you over to mv ])lace. 

 You can leave there at 6:38. an<l arrive here in an hour; a short 

 trip. T have a commercial hatchery, 75.o<io two and thrce-vear- 



