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the fluid in which they swhn, whether salhie or I 

 fresh. 



I find ail the country supplied with a hard dried I 

 cod from New-England, which must drain it ofi 

 considerable money. I am somewhat surprised a4 ; 

 this, as it is so replete with fine fishes of its own. j 

 West of Lake Erie, the waters contain the common j 

 salmon, in great numbers. The last year the j 

 fisheries in Sacket's Harbor and Chaumont's Bay j 

 produced the following ; 



Siscoes or lake herring, 4,000 barrels, 

 at $7 per barrel, §28,000 



White fish, 1200 barrels, at 9 dollars, 10,800 



Salmon trout, 400 do. at 14 do. 5,600 



$44,400 

 The distance comprised is less than twenty 

 miles, and the quantity is exclusive of the abun- 

 dance distributed fresli in the country contiguous i 

 to the fishing grounds. 



Judge Bates, one of the canal engineers, toldj 

 me that 1000 barrels of eels are caught at tlic 

 Oswego falls, and 500 of other fish, at $10 

 per barrel, $15,000 



As much at other places on tha*t river, 15,000 



$30,000 



