﻿XXXVI 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  " 
  Lookout 
  " 
  having 
  been 
  sent 
  from 
  Spesuti« 
  

   Narrows 
  to 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  on 
  the 
  loth 
  of 
  May, 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  attending 
  the 
  fisheries 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  but 
  no 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  until 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  19th 
  ; 
  these 
  were 
  hatched 
  

   by 
  the 
  23d 
  and 
  the 
  fi.sh 
  turned 
  into 
  the 
  Potomac. 
  On 
  the 
  

   25th 
  she 
  secured 
  a 
  million 
  of 
  shad 
  eggs 
  and 
  180,000 
  herring 
  

   eggs. 
  These 
  being 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  well 
  cared 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  

   hatching 
  apparatus, 
  she 
  proceeded 
  to 
  tlie 
  Washington 
  ISTavy 
  

   Yard, 
  where 
  she 
  lay 
  safely 
  at 
  anchor 
  until 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  

   hatched. 
  On 
  the 
  28th 
  she 
  again 
  proceeded 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  collecting 
  another 
  supply. 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  having 
  pretty 
  well 
  closed 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  she 
  

   returned 
  to 
  Washington 
  on 
  the- 
  4th 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  the 
  crew 
  

   were 
  discharged, 
  the 
  steamer 
  laid 
  up 
  at 
  the 
  Navy 
  Yard, 
  and 
  

   there 
  cared 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commission 
  until 
  the 
  1st 
  

   of 
  October. 
  

  

  This 
  ended 
  our 
  shad 
  hatching 
  operations 
  for 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  

   18"8j 
  which 
  Avas 
  most 
  successful. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  by 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  tables 
  showing 
  

   the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  that 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  in 
  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  was 
  10,342,000, 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

   bay, 
  12,730,000, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  1,430,000, 
  mak- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  grand 
  total 
  of 
  21, 
  .502,000 
  From 
  these 
  15,546,500 
  of 
  

   fish 
  were 
  produced, 
  and 
  7,935,000 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  Maryland 
  

   ■waters, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  200,000, 
  which 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia. 
  

  

  