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Juuc 4 til. — Cauglit i'oj'ty-seven; none ripe; got eleven ripe 

 females, and six ripe males from gillers, from wliicli obtained 

 2.")(),000 eggs, nearly all of wliicli came np finely: used bot- 

 tled milt kept nearly two days, on one lot. 



June 5th. — Tool: no ripe lisli. 



June Gth. — Took ]io ripe iislr. fortv thousand young Sliad 

 were sent to Choptank safely. 



June Ttii. — No morning liaul: evening iiaul cauglit thirty- 

 six; tliree ripe; took IT)*). 000 eggs. 



Jane 8th. — Morning catch fifty-two, none ri]ie ; evening 

 catch only eight, eggs from three, milt from two ; got seven 

 si)awners and four milters from gillers: took 225,000 eggs — 

 these were all manipulated under disadvantages, but Avitli 

 entire success. They were oldained and managed as follows: 

 b'irst, we obtained from a giller's catch of six, only one ripe 

 milter, no spavcners, wiped a pan dry and took the milt, and 

 then went in search of spawji. Found a gillcr with one ripe 

 fish partially spawned, got fifteen thousand eggs, stripped 

 them into the milt and then watered sparingly, all came up; 

 we next got from the seine one spawuer auxl one very poor 

 milter, from AA'liicli vre only got two or three drops, as the 

 eggs were already watered it was necessary to make the best 

 we could of this very small qu.antity of milt, accordingly, it 

 was thoroughly stirred through the nurss of eggs. Feai'ing 

 to trust this, however, we went in search of more; in about 

 fifteen minutes we obtained two more milters, each of Avhich 

 furnished a few drops, adding this we soon had the pleasure 

 of seeing the eggs come up finely. We next took dry, the 

 spav/n of five, and jiroceeded a mile or more up the river in 

 search of niilt — obtained from the seine two more spawners 

 ;ind one milter, taking a very small (j^uantity of the milt, not 

 more than fifteen drops dry ui)on tlie mass of spawn already 

 in the pan, we then add«d the eggs from the remaining 

 spawners, after which enough water was added to enable us 

 to diffuse the milt through the eggs, they were stirred witli 

 unusual force so that the milt should be as generally dis- 

 tributed as possible, I expected that this violence would kill 

 a great many of the eggs, and I had little hope of securing 

 the impregnation of more than one in. five. The result, how- 

 ever. Avas the finest pan <if s]iawn we have had this season. 



