﻿From 
  this 
  station, 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  June, 
  I 
  commenced 
  the 
  

   distribution 
  of 
  fisli, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  steamer, 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  

   important 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Shore. 
  On 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  June, 
  

   I 
  deposited 
  126,000 
  in 
  the 
  Bohemia, 
  near 
  the 
  bridge 
  across 
  

   that 
  stream 
  ; 
  on 
  tiie 
  same 
  day, 
  150,000 
  in 
  the 
  Elk, 
  and 
  

   285,000 
  in 
  the 
  Sassafras. 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Hon. 
  \Vm. 
  M. 
  

   Knight 
  for 
  a-^sistance 
  and 
  guidance 
  in 
  this 
  transfer, 
  as 
  he 
  

   accompanied 
  me 
  on 
  the 
  trip 
  from 
  the 
  Bohemia 
  to 
  the 
  Sassa- 
  

   fras. 
  On 
  ]ny 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  hateliing 
  station^ 
  I 
  took 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  to 
  the 
  Choptank 
  river, 
  which 
  was 
  reached 
  on 
  the 
  

   morning 
  of 
  the 
  5th 
  ; 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  After 
  

   stopping 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  secur- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  pilot, 
  I 
  proceeded 
  up 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  deposited 
  510,000 
  

   young 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  Choptank. 
  just 
  belov.^ 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Denton. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  June, 
  liaving 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  hatching 
  

   station 
  300,000 
  more 
  fish, 
  I 
  proceeded 
  down 
  the 
  bay 
  to 
  Cris- 
  

   fieM, 
  which 
  place 
  I 
  leached 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  12th, 
  in 
  

   time 
  to 
  ship 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  mid-day 
  freight 
  train 
  to 
  Salisbury. 
  

   Those 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  Vvicomico, 
  100,000 
  in 
  number, 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  that 
  river 
  at 
  Salisbury, 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hon. 
  Thos. 
  Humphreys, 
  Senator 
  from 
  Wicomico; 
  

   100,000 
  were 
  also 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  Pocomoke, 
  and 
  deposited 
  in 
  

   that 
  stream 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  Vvicomico 
  and 
  Poco- 
  

   moke 
  Railroad 
  crosses 
  the 
  stream, 
  .nnd 
  100,000 
  were 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  Xanticoke 
  at 
  Scaford. 
  

  

  !'ri)f. 
  BairJ, 
  at 
  my 
  request, 
  undertook 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  fish 
  by 
  rail 
  to 
  those 
  localities 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  reached 
  

   by 
  tl'.e 
  steamer. 
  Accordingly, 
  he 
  caused 
  to 
  be 
  transferred 
  

   to 
  the 
  Potomac 
  250,000; 
  of 
  these, 
  150,000 
  were 
  deposited 
  

   at 
  Piedmont, 
  and 
  tlie 
  rest 
  below 
  Washington 
  ; 
  160,000 
  were 
  

   put 
  in 
  tlie 
  Patuxcnt 
  river, 
  wliere 
  the 
  railroad 
  crosses 
  it, 
  

   and 
  50,000 
  in 
  the 
  Grunpowder 
  river, 
  near 
  Cockeysville. 
  

   This 
  completed 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  Shad 
  in 
  Maryland 
  waters, 
  

   making 
  in 
  all 
  7,419,300. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   the 
  bay, 
  and 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  ova 
  of 
  the 
  Shad, 
  will 
  

  

  