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  Having 
  decided, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  concentrate 
  all 
  our 
  energies 
  

   and 
  means 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  ofHavre 
  

   de 
  Grace, 
  I 
  watched 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  the 
  season 
  

   closely. 
  The 
  weather 
  kept 
  iinusally 
  cold 
  during 
  April, 
  and 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  ova 
  in 
  the 
  ovaries 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  

   retarded 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  25tli 
  of 
  April 
  that 
  I 
  found, 
  

   on 
  visiting 
  the 
  battery 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Cole, 
  which 
  was 
  located 
  just 
  

   above 
  tlie 
  railroad 
  bridge^ 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  Watson's 
  

   Island, 
  some 
  Shad, 
  with 
  spawn 
  considerably 
  advanced, 
  and 
  

   the 
  milt 
  ripe 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  fish. 
  

  

  I 
  founds 
  on 
  this 
  occasion, 
  q^uite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  ripe 
  Herring, 
  

   and 
  took 
  some 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  eggs, 
  which 
  I 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  on 
  the 
  steamer 
  ;• 
  but 
  being 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  Baltimore 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  equipment 
  

   for 
  the 
  Shad-hatching, 
  the 
  eggs 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  

   hatching 
  apparatus 
  until 
  matured 
  ; 
  the 
  experiment 
  made 
  

   with 
  them, 
  however, 
  although 
  unsuccessful, 
  was 
  important 
  

   as 
  the 
  first 
  step 
  towards 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  April, 
  having 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Harbor 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Baltimore 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  three 
  large 
  deck 
  scows, 
  and 
  

   having 
  erected 
  machinery 
  and 
  apparatus, 
  hereafter 
  described, 
  

   I 
  had 
  them 
  towed 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Spesutie 
  Island, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   days 
  subsequently 
  to 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace. 
  

  

  Havre 
  de 
  Grace 
  was 
  chosen 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  not 
  only 
  as 
  being 
  

   a 
  very 
  central 
  location, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  we 
  could 
  

   get 
  the 
  rcniaining 
  material 
  needed 
  for 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  

   works 
  on 
  the 
  scows. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  8th 
  of 
  May 
  that 
  

   any 
  ripe 
  spawn 
  was 
  found. 
  At 
  this 
  date, 
  in 
  the 
  neighbor- 
  

   hood 
  of 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  operation 
  four 
  bat- 
  

   teries 
  and 
  one 
  shore 
  fishery 
  above 
  the 
  railroad 
  bridge 
  ; 
  below 
  

   the 
  bridge, 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  flats, 
  three 
  more 
  batteries; 
  

   on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  the 
  Old 
  Bay 
  Fishery 
  and 
  a 
  

   small 
  fishery 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Swan 
  creek, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  

   and 
  lower 
  fisheries 
  on 
  Spesutie 
  Island. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  the 
  Cecil 
  county 
  side, 
  the 
  

   large 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Fletcher 
  Wilson, 
  Wm. 
  Wilson, 
  Caruthei's 
  

  

  