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  they 
  were 
  very 
  iimcli 
  snialler 
  tliaii 
  any 
  we 
  bad 
  been 
  accus- 
  

   tomed 
  to 
  bandle 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  got 
  several 
  parties, 
  wbo 
  bad 
  been 
  

   in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  carrying 
  Shad, 
  to 
  estimate 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  

   estimates 
  ranged 
  from 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  tbrcc-qnarters 
  of 
  a 
  million. 
  

   'J'o 
  bo 
  witliin 
  bounds, 
  I 
  have 
  recorded 
  Iheni 
  400,000 
  — 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  young 
  Smelt 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

   About 
  one-half 
  of 
  tliese 
  were 
  dejiosited 
  in 
  the 
  head-waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Severn, 
  on 
  the 
  21.st 
  April. 
  About 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  200,000 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  head-waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Wye. 
  The 
  others 
  were 
  left 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Hon. 
  Edw. 
  Lloyd, 
  

   Senator 
  from 
  Talbot, 
  wbo 
  kindly 
  transferred 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  

   head-Avaters 
  of 
  the 
  Saint 
  Michael. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  tliese 
  young 
  fish, 
  some 
  few 
  adults 
  were 
  

   de[)osited 
  in 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  river 
  at 
  Salisbury, 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  the 
  Plon. 
  Tiiomas 
  Humphries, 
  who 
  represents 
  

   Wicomico 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  Senate. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  Smelt 
  can 
  be 
  successfully 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  water.s 
  

   of 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  bay, 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  valuable 
  acquisi- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  cm 
  easily 
  bo 
  influenced 
  by 
  artificial 
  

   means 
  has 
  been 
  shown 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  (See 
  extract 
  of 
  

   letter 
  from 
  Hon. 
  Theodore 
  Lyman 
  on 
  page 
  2.) 
  

  

  These 
  fish 
  being 
  very 
  small, 
  and 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  preyed 
  upi>n 
  

   by 
  the 
  larger 
  fishes 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  the 
  neighboring 
  

   ocean, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  that 
  they 
  appear 
  in 
  very 
  great 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  for 
  their 
  presence 
  to 
  be 
  felt. 
  

  

  By 
  reference 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Eicc's 
  report, 
  page 
  48, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  very 
  prolific 
  fish, 
  and 
  once 
  established, 
  the 
  

   supply 
  can 
  be 
  realily 
  kept 
  u[). 
  

  

  SHAD-HATCHING. 
  

  

  Having 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  secure 
  ripe 
  fish 
  in 
  suflieient 
  quan- 
  

   tities 
  at 
  any 
  one 
  point 
  on 
  the 
  smaliei' 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Stale, 
  

   the 
  Shad 
  having 
  become 
  scarce 
  in 
  thesj 
  .st 
  earns, 
  I 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  to 
  concentrate 
  oj)erations 
  at 
  some 
  central 
  })()int 
  where 
  

   a 
  great 
  many 
  large 
  fisheries 
  could 
  be 
  visited, 
  and 
  the 
  fish. 
  

  

  