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Sample 41b. Lepidosteus platystomus ovary. Mixed sample. "In salt, 

 1 to 6. Roe immature, full of fat." Weight of chemical sample 20.071 

 gin. Received by express from New Boston, Illinois, September 26, 1917. 



Sample ^a. Lepidosteus osseus ovary. Weight of sample 22.958 gm. 

 Weight of ovary estimated 500 gm. Received from New Boston, Illinois, 

 by express November 12, 1917. 



TABLE I. 

 Summary of Results of Analyses of Gar Ovaries.* 



* No. 42a is from Lepidosteus osseus, the remainder are Lepidosteus 

 platystomus. All calculations are in terms of parts per 100 gm. of moist 

 sample. 



t Part lost. 



I Not determined. 



Sample C6S. Lepidosteus platystomus ovary. Length of fish 61 cm., 

 weight of ovary 66.7 gm. Weight of chemical sample 24.095 gm. Hanni- 

 bal, Missouri, July 30, 1920. 



Sample C66. Lepidosteus platystomus ovary. Length of fish 58.5 cm., 

 weight of ovary 91.65 gm. Weight of chemical sample 27.46 gm. Hanni- 

 bal, Missouri, July 30, 1920. 



Sample C78. Lepidosteus platystomus ovary. Length of fish 55.8 cm., 

 weight of ovary 94.75 gm. Weight of chemical sample 28.28 gm. Hanni- 

 bal, Missouri, July 30, 1920. 



