spawn we have had this .season, considering the number of eggs 

 contaiiijed — not less than one hundred and eighty thousand. 



June 9th, — Of the eggs taken last night, not one died in five 

 hundred. Mr. Hamlen returned from Elk River, and report- 

 ed the successful shipment of thirv thousand young Shad, 

 with which he started yesterday, he took them in two fifteen 

 gallon cans across the country by wagon, started from camp 

 at 5.30 o'clock, A. M., and reached the river at RiebaUVs 

 Wharf at 1 P. M.; temperature at starting 74°. It fell gra- 

 dually during the journey and stood at 70° on reaching the 

 river. Temperature of the river at the time of depositing 

 them was 71°. The water was neither changed nor added to 

 during the trip, he reports that the fish were in excellent con- 

 dition when placed in the stream; 30,000 were sent yesterday 

 for Nanticoke, but were sent by mistake to Philadelphia 

 where they remained all night, reaching Elkton at 11 A. M. 

 to-day. Mr. Downes reports that they stood remarkably well, 

 only a few died. Procured 200,000 eggs from ninespawners, 

 from the gillers chiefly — all becoming fecund. 



June lOtli, — Eggs of 9th looking well, those of 8th show- 

 ing larger mortality than expected, those of the 7th doing 

 well since the 2nd day — a few hatching this evening ; took 

 twenty-five ounces of eiggs the evening, six thousand to the 

 ounce, total 150,000, but got only one male Shad, from which 

 pressed a very few drops of milt; less than one-half tlie eggs 

 were impregnated. 



June 11th. — Eggs of ninth not looking so well, those of 

 8th no worse, those of 7th rapidly hatching, those of last 

 night as good as expected; took about ten ounces of eggs — 

 only two drops of milt from a dead fish, all died. 



June 12th. — Shipped all fish taken to Cockeysville, those 

 of 8th hatching rapidly and in large numbers ; loss of eggs 

 much lighter than we feared, not more than ten per cent. 



June 13th. — Eggs of 8th all hatched, those of 9th nearly 

 all out, these also hatched ninety j^er cent. 



June 14th. — Turned loose seventy-five thousand, and ship- 

 ped sixty thousand to Piedmont in charge of Mr. Hamlen ; 

 broke up camp, and reported to Mr. Ferguson in Baltimore. 



