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  I 
  beg 
  leave 
  here 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  appreciatian 
  of 
  the 
  kind- 
  

   ness 
  shown 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Capehart, 
  and 
  the 
  intelligent 
  and 
  public 
  

   spirited 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Albemarle 
  sound, 
  and 
  also 
  

   to 
  Col. 
  Marshall 
  Parks, 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Albemarle 
  and 
  

   Chesapeake 
  canal, 
  who 
  generously 
  tendered 
  me 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   the 
  canal 
  free 
  of 
  tolls. 
  

  

  BLACK 
  BASS. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  prejudice 
  which 
  has 
  prevailed 
  against 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  Bass 
  into 
  our 
  Shad 
  and 
  Herring 
  

   rivers, 
  has 
  deterred 
  me 
  from 
  stocking 
  such 
  rivers 
  with 
  this 
  

   fish, 
  although 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  join 
  in 
  this 
  prejudice 
  ; 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   contrary, 
  believe 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  valuable 
  acquisitions, 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  to 
  the 
  dark 
  water 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Shore, 
  which 
  

   have 
  not 
  mountain 
  sources, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  arc 
  not 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  valuable 
  Salmon. 
  

  

  While 
  this 
  prejudice 
  against 
  the 
  Bass 
  has 
  prevented 
  a 
  

   general 
  distribution 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  Shad 
  rivers, 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  

   means 
  has 
  prevented 
  a 
  distribution 
  to 
  private 
  ponds, 
  as 
  the 
  

   appropriation 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  sufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  work, 
  except 
  

   for 
  the 
  restoration 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  waters, 
  where 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   amount 
  possible 
  could 
  be 
  accomplished 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  good. 
  

  

  The 
  very 
  numerous 
  applications 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  received, 
  

   especially 
  from 
  those 
  persons 
  having 
  large 
  ponds 
  in 
  the 
  

   comparatively 
  flat 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  have 
  caused 
  me 
  to 
  

   make 
  arrangements 
  for 
  a 
  large 
  supply 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  small- 
  

   mouth 
  Bass, 
  (Micropierus 
  salmoides), 
  and 
  the 
  large-mouth 
  

   variety, 
  (M. 
  nigricans) 
  , 
  whicli 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  distribute 
  before 
  their 
  

   spawning 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  The 
  small-mouth 
  Bass 
  is 
  better 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  clearer, 
  

   colder 
  and 
  more 
  rapid 
  flowing 
  waters, 
  and 
  the 
  large-mouth 
  

   Bass 
  for 
  ponds 
  and 
  tidal 
  rivers; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  

   valuable, 
  as 
  being 
  of 
  more 
  rapid 
  growth, 
  and 
  attaining 
  a 
  

   greater 
  size. 
  

  

  A 
  gratuitous 
  distribution 
  of 
  Bass, 
  as 
  that 
  proposed 
  of 
  

   Brook 
  Trout, 
  will 
  supply 
  those 
  localities 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  

   suited 
  for 
  the 
  Trout. 
  

  

  