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  CARP 
  

  

  Three 
  importations 
  of 
  European 
  Carp, 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  

   auspices 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Baird, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commissioner, 
  have 
  hitherto 
  

   been 
  reported. 
  Those 
  brought 
  out 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hessel, 
  though 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  variety, 
  were 
  in 
  insufficient 
  numbers 
  ; 
  and 
  those 
  

   brought 
  over 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Welsher 
  having 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  inferior 
  

   variety 
  of 
  Carp, 
  Prof. 
  Baird 
  determined 
  to 
  attempt 
  another 
  

   importation, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Hessel 
  accordingly 
  returned 
  to 
  Europe, 
  

   and 
  in 
  May 
  hist 
  reached 
  New 
  York 
  with 
  his 
  cargo, 
  and 
  from 
  

   thence 
  brought 
  the 
  fisli 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  arriving 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  

   of 
  26th 
  of 
  May, 
  with 
  TO 
  King 
  Tench, 
  (Cyprinus 
  tinea), 
  227 
  

   Naked 
  Carp, 
  (Gyprinus 
  midus), 
  118 
  Common 
  Carp, 
  {Cyprinus 
  

   carpio). 
  These, 
  Dr. 
  Hessel, 
  who 
  has 
  had 
  great 
  experience 
  

   in 
  Carp 
  raising, 
  reports 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  best 
  ponds, 
  and 
  of 
  

   the 
  choicest 
  varieties 
  known 
  in 
  Europe. 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  is 
  desirable 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  different 
  varieties 
  separate, 
  

   and 
  as 
  more 
  storage 
  room 
  was 
  needed 
  in 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park, 
  

   application 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  City 
  Council 
  for 
  sufficient 
  means 
  

   to 
  construct 
  additional 
  ponds. 
  In 
  response 
  to 
  this 
  applica- 
  

   tion, 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  was 
  appropriated 
  for 
  this 
  purpose; 
  

   and 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  Commissioners, 
  three 
  

   large 
  and 
  well-designed 
  ponds 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  progress 
  of 
  con- 
  

   struction. 
  When 
  these 
  are 
  completed, 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  five 
  

   large 
  ponds 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  breeding 
  fish, 
  besides 
  the 
  

   small 
  ponds 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  designed 
  to 
  mature 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   taken 
  artificially 
  from 
  the 
  parent 
  fish. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  transferring 
  the 
  fish 
  across 
  the 
  ocean, 
  

   I 
  designed 
  and 
  had 
  constructed 
  an 
  apparatus 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  

   hoped 
  that 
  this 
  transfer 
  would 
  bo 
  successfully 
  made. 
  It 
  

   was 
  intended 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  should 
  be 
  brought 
  direct 
  from 
  

   Bremen 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  steamers, 
  as 
  

   much 
  greater 
  space 
  could 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  

   apparatus 
  on 
  this 
  line 
  than 
  on 
  steamers 
  entering 
  New 
  York, 
  

   and 
  the 
  most 
  liberal 
  accommodations 
  were 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  

   agents 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  German 
  Lloyd 
  at 
  this 
  port. 
  This 
  appa- 
  

   ratus 
  was 
  transported 
  to 
  Europe 
  by 
  the 
  company 
  free 
  of 
  

  

  