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  folk, 
  Va. 
  : 
  from 
  tliat 
  place 
  they 
  were 
  towed 
  through 
  the 
  Al- 
  

   bemarle 
  and 
  Chesapeake 
  Canal 
  by 
  tow-boat, 
  and 
  reached 
  

   Salmon 
  Creek, 
  near 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  Chowan 
  Kiver, 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  

   of 
  the 
  month. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  2Sth 
  of 
  March 
  two 
  ripe 
  female 
  shad 
  were 
  found, 
  

   and 
  the 
  eggs 
  taken, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  April 
  that 
  

   the 
  spawning 
  shad 
  appeared 
  in 
  any 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  ; 
  on 
  

   the 
  night 
  of 
  that 
  day 
  we 
  secured 
  225,000 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  having 
  been 
  thoroughly 
  overhauled, 
  

   and 
  the 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  remodelled, 
  reached 
  Salmon 
  Ci'eek 
  

   on 
  the 
  3d 
  of 
  April 
  with 
  a 
  steam 
  launch 
  in 
  tow, 
  which 
  had 
  

   been 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Navy 
  Department. 
  

  

  The 
  equipment 
  at 
  Salmon 
  Creek, 
  at 
  this 
  time, 
  consisted 
  of 
  

   one 
  barge, 
  with 
  the 
  machinery 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  hatching, 
  and 
  

   two 
  others 
  which 
  were 
  fitted 
  up 
  as 
  quarters 
  for 
  the 
  corps, 
  the 
  

   steamer 
  Lookout 
  having 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  with 
  a 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  1,500,000, 
  eggs 
  and 
  a 
  steam 
  launch, 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  neighboring 
  fisheries, 
  be- 
  

   sides 
  some 
  half 
  dozen 
  rowboats, 
  'which 
  were 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  

   in 
  securing 
  from 
  the 
  adjacent 
  fisheries 
  the 
  ripe 
  fish 
  taken 
  at 
  each 
  

   haul 
  of 
  the 
  seines. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  there 
  was 
  erected 
  at 
  

   Scotch 
  Hall 
  Fishery, 
  owned 
  by 
  Dr. 
  AVm. 
  R. 
  Capehart, 
  a 
  hatch- 
  

   ing 
  equipment 
  of 
  six 
  cones. 
  These 
  w^ere 
  supplied 
  with 
  water 
  

   by 
  a 
  steam 
  pump 
  which 
  was 
  run 
  by 
  steam 
  from 
  the 
  boiler 
  of 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  engines 
  used 
  to 
  haul 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  seine 
  of 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   ery. 
  

  

  Having 
  secured 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  by 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  April,, 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  left 
  the 
  station 
  with 
  about 
  a 
  million 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  of 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  hatched 
  en 
  route 
  up 
  the 
  Chow- 
  

   an 
  River 
  to 
  rranklin,Va., 
  a 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  Seaboard 
  and 
  Roan- 
  

   oke 
  Railroad 
  where 
  it 
  crosses 
  the 
  Blackwater 
  River. 
  All 
  of 
  

   these 
  eggs 
  were 
  hatched 
  by 
  the 
  I2tli, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  distributed. 
  

   The 
  steamer 
  then 
  returned 
  to 
  Avoca 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  

   that 
  point. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  April 
  the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  ever 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  on 
  any 
  one 
  night, 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  date, 
  was 
  secured 
  at 
  the 
  

   Avoca 
  Fishery, 
  operated 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Gray 
  & 
  Capehart. 
  Wil 
  

   liam 
  S. 
  and 
  Augustus 
  Wroten, 
  two 
  of 
  our 
  operators, 
  stripped 
  

  

  