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the Bureau of Fisheries men were there last spring, and can 
corroborate everything that has been stated. As to the number 
of nests there were far more than 200. The number of eggs on 
each nest was very small and I saw also at that time the three 
types, that is, the eggs, the fish that were newly hatched, and 
the fish rising all on the same nest. 
I also saw three types in another lake on the same property, 
Lake Giles. There on one occasion I found eggs and fry, and in 
that particular case | saw two females on a nest, but I did not 
see the third female. It was believed at that time that the male 
had had all three females. 
The difference between Lake Giles and the other lakes is that 
all the nests in Lake Giles were in water from 6 to 8 feet deep, 
making it extremely difficult to get the fish out. Lake Laura is 
the most remarkable instance of over-protection with which I am 
acquainted in Pennsylvania or anywhere else. The club is a 
very close corporation and allows no public fishing there. The 
lake is about seven or nine miles from the club house and over 
one of the roughest roads that a human being ever traveled. It 
is much easier to walk it than to ride, and the consequence is 
that comparatively few people go there, and not more than 6,000 
or 8,000 fish are taken out of that lake in a year. The conse- 
quence is that the fish have multiplied far beyond the number 
that there should be in that lake and that is undoubtedly the 
cause of the stunted growth of the fish. The bass, you know, 
have an inordinate appetite and they have destroyed every living 
thing in that lake. 
Mr. Clark: I would like to ask Mr. Titcomb a question in 
regard to this chart. aking the basis of .0127, as the diameter 
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in the case of whitefish, it shows 35,000 to the quart. Now on 
that same basis would it work out on other fish ? 
Mr. Titcomb: Yes, if you have the right diameter and get 
the proper number to the quart. 
Mr. Clark: I do not think it would work out with pike- 
perch. As we measure them now, there are 150,090 pike-perch 
to the quart, but the number would be considerably lessened 
according to the new plan advocated. The eggs ought to go 
