﻿XXXIII 
  

  

  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Milner 
  for 
  many 
  courtesies, 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  detail 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  trained 
  fish 
  transporters, 
  who 
  

   rendered 
  valuable 
  assistance 
  in 
  taking 
  the 
  young 
  shad 
  to 
  rivers 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  20th, 
  5"20,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  gill-nets 
  

   at 
  the 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  ; 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  night 
  on 
  which 
  any 
  

   considerable 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured. 
  The 
  yield 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   from 
  the 
  20th 
  to 
  the 
  29th 
  showed 
  a 
  gradual 
  increase, 
  until, 
  on 
  

   the 
  latter 
  date, 
  the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  ever 
  taken 
  on 
  one 
  

   night 
  was 
  gathered, 
  exceeding 
  in 
  number 
  the 
  best 
  night's 
  work 
  

   in 
  Albemarle 
  Sound; 
  97 
  female 
  shad 
  were 
  stripped, 
  from 
  

   which 
  were 
  secured 
  1,940,000 
  eggs, 
  being 
  335,000 
  eggs 
  more 
  

   than 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  April 
  15, 
  when 
  83 
  yielded 
  

   1,605,000. 
  One 
  million 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  of 
  young 
  shad 
  (1,500,000), 
  

   were 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  River 
  on 
  this 
  day, 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  1st 
  of 
  June 
  500,000 
  more 
  were 
  put 
  into 
  tlie 
  same 
  stream. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  June, 
  the 
  fishing 
  season 
  having 
  closed, 
  the 
  

   last 
  shipment 
  was 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  Spesutie 
  Narrows 
  ; 
  

   this 
  consisted 
  of 
  80,000, 
  which 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Gun- 
  

   powder 
  River. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  17th, 
  the 
  eggs 
  having 
  all 
  hatched, 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  

   abandoned 
  for 
  the 
  season, 
  and 
  the 
  equipment 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   Washington 
  Navy 
  Yard. 
  

  

  