THE AMERICAN SHAD 



In the first place it was noticed that shad 

 often appear in Northern waters before they 

 are found in those of the lower latitude. 

 It was further discovered that when man 

 began the artificial propagation of the shad 

 in a certain river, that stream, and no other, 

 was benefited. 



The theory now is that when the shad 

 leave the rivers they dwell somewhere in 

 the depths of the ocean opposite and not far 

 distant from the river in which they were 

 hatched, and that they do not begin to 

 ascend the rivers in the spring before the 

 temperature of the river water approaches 

 60 degrees. 



It is not generally known that for several 

 years some hundreds of barrels of fine shad 

 have been netted in the deep waters adjacent 

 to Mount Desert Rock, Maine, in the month 

 of August. These fish are taken to North- 

 west Harbor and shipped to the Boston 

 market. 



This would lead one to believe that the 

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