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  Cakp 
  — 
  ( 
  Oijiwinus 
  carpid). 
  

  

  The 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  importation 
  of 
  European 
  carp 
  was 
  

   referred 
  to 
  on 
  page 
  31 
  of 
  our 
  last 
  report. 
  To 
  provide 
  for 
  

   these 
  additional 
  fish, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  varieties 
  isolated 
  

   as 
  much 
  as 
  possible, 
  we 
  determined 
  to 
  devote 
  the 
  appropria- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  City 
  Council 
  of 
  Bal- 
  

   timore 
  for 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  ponds 
  in 
  the 
  park, 
  to 
  the 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  three 
  additional 
  lakes 
  for 
  the 
  carp; 
  these 
  were 
  

   admirably 
  laid 
  out 
  by 
  and 
  constructed 
  under 
  the 
  superinten- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Augustus 
  Faul, 
  the 
  engineer 
  of 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park. 
  

  

  Congress 
  having 
  made 
  an 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   preparing 
  the 
  two 
  lakes 
  between 
  the 
  President's 
  House 
  and 
  

   Potomac 
  Kiver, 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  and 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  im- 
  

   ported 
  carp, 
  they 
  were 
  fitted 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  admirably 
  adapted 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  Prof. 
  Baird 
  therefore 
  determined 
  to 
  remove 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park 
  to 
  these 
  ponds, 
  

   leaving 
  an 
  ample 
  supply 
  of 
  breeding 
  fish 
  for 
  the 
  ponds 
  in 
  our 
  

   charge. 
  At 
  his 
  request 
  we 
  had 
  the 
  ponds 
  drawn 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  

   part 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  13 
  golden 
  ide, 
  13 
  king 
  tench, 
  

   47 
  scale 
  carp 
  and 
  100 
  leather 
  carp: 
  this 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  

   ponds 
  32 
  leather 
  carp, 
  37 
  golden 
  ide, 
  56 
  scale 
  carp 
  and 
  19 
  mir- 
  

   ror 
  carp. 
  On 
  drawing 
  the 
  ponds 
  in 
  Baltimore, 
  we 
  found 
  1758 
  

   hybrid 
  carp, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  the 
  common 
  gold 
  

   fish 
  and 
  the 
  carp, 
  the 
  latter 
  evidently 
  having 
  worked 
  their 
  

   way 
  into 
  the 
  ponds 
  from 
  the 
  high 
  service 
  reservoir. 
  We 
  

   deemed 
  it 
  advisable 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  these, 
  as 
  in 
  our 
  limited 
  

   ponds 
  we 
  preferred 
  to 
  cultivate 
  only 
  the 
  true 
  carp, 
  and 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  varieties. 
  The 
  hybrids 
  were 
  accordingly 
  shipped 
  

   to 
  Washington. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  ponds 
  being 
  ready 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  

   part 
  of 
  December, 
  we 
  transferred 
  the 
  scale 
  carp^ 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   five 
  to 
  seventeen 
  inches 
  long, 
  to 
  pond 
  No. 
  4, 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  

   new 
  series; 
  the 
  golden 
  ide 
  were 
  retained 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  pond 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  had 
  previously 
  been, 
  the 
  small 
  scale 
  carp 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  

   No. 
  3, 
  and 
  No. 
  5 
  was 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  mirror 
  carp. 
  

  

  