•^OG Thirli/sl.rlk AiniiKil Mrrlimj 



1)0 ])i-otecte(l until they reach tli.' iiuwkct size of appro.xiinatt'ly li 

 iiiflu's, wo Ijoliovo that the markd oiiizhl to 1)0 allowed to have 

 ci'i-tain lol)stoi-s, which would he iilaccd upon the market with the 

 least harm, and that, it sconis to us, is hftwoou !i and II iiudios, 

 hid'oro thoy have roachod tho hi.^iiiost period of nuiturity. and 

 ■when thoy have roachod a size whoi'o they are of consi(l('ral)lo 

 oomniorcial ini porta noo. 



Proijidont : Speaking- fi'oni tho standjXjiiU of a state whose 

 lohsters are all of tho orawtish variety. 1 do not l)olieve that this 

 proposition can ho solved exeo])! hy tryin,^' il ; that the argu- 

 ments l)otli ways are pretty ocxxl and that Massachnsetts hottoi- 

 trv and see whether tho lohsters will increase on it. 



