﻿Wc, 
  have 
  not 
  only 
  learned 
  that 
  wo 
  are 
  doing 
  the 
  right 
  

   thing, 
  witli 
  reasonable 
  hope 
  for 
  success, 
  hut, 
  hy 
  the 
  advance 
  

   made 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  and 
  apparatus 
  above 
  referred 
  to, 
  have 
  

   found 
  how 
  best 
  to 
  do 
  it 
  ; 
  but 
  almost 
  as 
  important 
  as 
  those, 
  is 
  

   the 
  increased 
  interest 
  wliich 
  the 
  people 
  take 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   the 
  Commission. 
  The 
  gathering 
  of 
  spawn 
  at 
  points 
  easily 
  

   accessible 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  ; 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  ova 
  in 
  so 
  

   public 
  a 
  place 
  as 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Hatching 
  House, 
  where 
  every 
  

   one 
  is 
  cordially 
  admitted, 
  so 
  that 
  every 
  stage 
  of 
  that 
  devel- 
  

   opment 
  can 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  the 
  gradual 
  changes 
  watched 
  ; 
  tlie 
  

   distribution 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  ; 
  t!ie 
  successful 
  conduct 
  of 
  

   Shad 
  bathing 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  where 
  all 
  so 
  disposed 
  

   could 
  see, 
  and 
  the 
  constant 
  reports 
  which 
  the 
  press 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  have 
  given, 
  have 
  tended 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  think 
  

   earnestly, 
  and 
  give 
  the 
  subject 
  more 
  thoughtful 
  considera- 
  

   tion 
  than 
  heretofore. 
  The 
  consequence 
  is, 
  that 
  fish 
  arc 
  no 
  

   longer 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  spontaneous 
  and 
  inexliaustable 
  2""'o- 
  

   ducts 
  of 
  the 
  waters, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  deemed 
  the 
  first 
  

   duty 
  of 
  every 
  one 
  to 
  take 
  and 
  kill 
  every 
  fish 
  seen, 
  whether 
  

   needed 
  for 
  food 
  or 
  not. 
  With 
  this 
  more 
  just 
  appreciation 
  of 
  

   the 
  origin, 
  and 
  the 
  natural 
  laws 
  which 
  govern 
  the 
  growth 
  

   and 
  existence 
  of 
  fish, 
  comes 
  the 
  desire 
  for 
  their 
  protection 
  , 
  

   that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  tributary 
  to 
  our 
  comfort, 
  and 
  a 
  never 
  fail- 
  

   ing 
  means 
  to 
  oar 
  support. 
  Thus, 
  hand 
  in 
  hand 
  with 
  fish 
  

   culture, 
  should 
  come 
  intelligent 
  and 
  systematic 
  protection, 
  so 
  

   necessary 
  for 
  its 
  success. 
  

  

  The 
  full 
  results 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  artificial 
  

   propagation 
  of 
  our 
  food 
  fishes, 
  unless 
  aided 
  by 
  legislative 
  

   protection 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  protective 
  laws 
  rigidly 
  enforced, 
  short 
  of 
  

   a 
  total 
  suspension 
  of 
  fishing, 
  unaided 
  by 
  artificial 
  propaga- 
  

   tion, 
  can 
  restore 
  our 
  Shad 
  and 
  Herring 
  fisheries 
  to 
  their 
  

   former 
  glory. 
  The 
  Shad 
  and 
  Herring 
  are 
  taken 
  together, 
  

   except 
  in 
  the 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  they 
  commence 
  to 
  spawn, 
  the 
  

   Herring 
  first 
  some 
  two 
  weeks 
  after 
  they 
  appear, 
  and 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  season 
  extends 
  through 
  the 
  spring. 
  It 
  is, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  impossible 
  to 
  protect 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  spawning 
  time, 
  ex- 
  

  

  