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|il<nc(l. Docs Di-. I'x'.iii iviiiciiihcr how iiuiiiy (islics lit- started 

 \\itli and how many he lost ? 



Dr. H(»an: He liad a tlii'cc weeks sea joiii'iie\-. ami iieaflv a 

 full \V(M'k of I'ail joiii'iiey, an<l lo>l only :!() pei- cent, lie l)ron,uht 

 SOf) alive lo \ew York. 



Dr. Smith : 'riicsc were adult (isli ? 



T)r. Boan : .V lar<ic percent a Lie of them wei'c adult lisl) — 

 a])Out one-third of tlicm were adult. 



Referrin.u- to the cod lisheries. Dr. Smith said: And those 

 of our iiiciidicrs who are at all interested in cod cultuiv. as 

 practiced on the Xew En.uland (oast, will perhaps hml some- 

 thing suo-gestive here. 



-t. Just one momi'ut more, thai I n\ay say something;- ahout 

 the Norwegian method in regard to our work at Woods' Hole. 

 At Woods' Hole we had a pond, and ^Mr. Titconih gave instruc- 

 tions to have this put in shape so that it could he used as a 

 spawning pen. The conditions were entirely unsuitahlc and uu- 

 I'avorahle, but the results are such that we hope to provide more 

 adccpiate facilities l)cfore long. 



-■). That is all 1 have to say. and 1 thaidv you for your at- 

 tention. (Great Applause.) 



]*rcsi(lent: Is there any further discussion of Dr. Smith's 

 paper? 



^fr. Clark : In the fore part of Dr. Smith's paper, he s|)eaks, 

 T thi]d\. something ahout ]nitting ])olyps or souii'thing of that 

 kind in the liottom of the ])ond at Christiana. We tried a little 

 experiment this year of s])reading manure on ihe bottom of the 

 ])(uid. Of course. 1 am not ])repared to say very much ahout 

 this, as the experiment has not been continued. Btit the poiul 

 cerlaiidy had more life this spring than it had last, that is sure, 

 more food life for the bass, and our bass in that pond were in 

 e.\c(dlent shape, aiul very large — our young bass, and T believe 

 that if something of that kind should be done, spreading man- 

 ures or something of that kind, on the bottom of the pond, more 

 food could be procured for our s])awn fishes. 



