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  from 
  Avoca 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Maryland 
  was 
  also 
  unsuccessful. 
  

  

  The 
  barges 
  were 
  towed 
  by 
  the 
  Revenue 
  Cutter 
  "Stevens" 
  

   to 
  Norfolk, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  met 
  by 
  the 
  " 
  Ewing," 
  and 
  from 
  

   thence 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  bay. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  which 
  was 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  Sal- 
  

   mon 
  Creek 
  Station, 
  amounting 
  to 
  10,342,000, 
  is 
  an 
  evidence 
  

   of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  adaptability 
  of 
  this 
  locality 
  for 
  shad 
  hatching. 
  

  

  