﻿XXVI 
  

  

  •eighty-three 
  (83) 
  ripe 
  female 
  shad 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  that 
  day, 
  all 
  

   taken 
  at 
  one 
  haul 
  of 
  the 
  seine. 
  

  

  About 
  this 
  time 
  we 
  proceeded 
  some 
  ten 
  miles 
  up 
  Salmon 
  

   Creek 
  in 
  the 
  steam 
  launch, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  Prof 
  James 
  W. 
  

   Milner, 
  Deputy 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner, 
  and 
  Wm. 
  Ham- 
  

   len, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  trained 
  experts 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commission. 
  

   Near 
  a 
  mill-dam, 
  which 
  blocks 
  the 
  stream 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  we 
  

   secured 
  three 
  ripe 
  female 
  herring 
  and 
  several 
  males, 
  which 
  

   were 
  stripped 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  transported 
  to 
  the 
  Hatching 
  Sta- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  these 
  were 
  successfully 
  hatched 
  by 
  the 
  20th, 
  and 
  with 
  

   inconsiderable 
  loss. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  at 
  first 
  very 
  

   adhesive, 
  but 
  after 
  impregnation 
  they 
  became 
  much 
  less 
  so, 
  

   and 
  were 
  easily 
  perfected 
  in 
  the 
  cylinders 
  used 
  for 
  hatching 
  

   shad. 
  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  being 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  shad, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  necessary 
  to 
  use 
  wire 
  cloth 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  

   much 
  finer 
  mesh. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  young 
  fish 
  were 
  safely 
  

   transported 
  to 
  "Washington 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  Lookout, 
  she 
  having 
  

   been 
  dispatched 
  on 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  April 
  with 
  700,000 
  eggs 
  and 
  

   fish 
  intended 
  for 
  Maryland. 
  • 
  The 
  steamer 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  until 
  the 
  23d, 
  having 
  been 
  detained 
  in 
  Hampton 
  Roads 
  

   by 
  a 
  severe 
  storm. 
  This 
  unexpected 
  detention 
  in 
  salt 
  water 
  

   caused 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  fish. 
  Those 
  surviving 
  

   were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  after 
  reaching 
  fresh 
  water. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  29th 
  of 
  April, 
  820,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  at 
  the 
  fisheries 
  surrounding 
  the 
  Hatching 
  Station, 
  and 
  

   this 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  large 
  lot 
  of 
  eggs 
  procured 
  on 
  Albemarle 
  

   Sound 
  during 
  the 
  season. 
  On 
  the 
  following 
  day 
  we 
  secured 
  

   some 
  80,000 
  herring 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  also 
  successfully 
  hatched. 
  

  

  By 
  May 
  1st 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  seines 
  having 
  ^^eut 
  o^it,^^ 
  we 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  preparations 
  for 
  transferring 
  the 
  equipjnent 
  to 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  2d 
  the 
  "Lookout" 
  left 
  with 
  

   700,000 
  eggs 
  and 
  335,000 
  fish, 
  which 
  were 
  intended 
  for 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  waters. 
  The 
  weather 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  hot, 
  and 
  passing 
  

   by 
  Norfolk 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  renewed 
  from 
  a 
  city 
  hydrant, 
  and 
  

   very 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  water 
  into 
  the 
  tank 
  

   the 
  fish 
  commenced 
  dying 
  rapidly. 
  It 
  was 
  unusually 
  rough 
  

   on 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  during 
  our 
  passage 
  up 
  

   to 
  Washington, 
  and 
  this 
  second 
  attempt 
  to 
  transfer 
  the 
  fish 
  

  

  