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  2. 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  Patapsco 
  River, 
  Sassafras 
  River, 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna 
  River, 
  Bush, 
  Gunpowder, 
  Back, 
  Chester, 
  Magotlij, 
  

   "Wye, 
  Severn, 
  South 
  and 
  AYest 
  Choptank 
  and 
  Patuxent 
  Rivers 
  

   and 
  numerous 
  creeks. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  have, 
  but 
  only 
  in 
  their 
  season. 
  

  

  4. 
  In 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  spawning 
  than 
  after. 
  

  

  5. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  kept 
  such 
  account. 
  

  

  6. 
  No 
  conclusion 
  can 
  be 
  arrived 
  at 
  yet, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  too 
  soon, 
  in 
  

   my 
  opinion, 
  to 
  estimate 
  the 
  quantity. 
  

  

  7. 
  The 
  permanent 
  fish 
  in 
  our 
  waters 
  are 
  mud-shad, 
  rock, 
  

   perch 
  (white 
  and 
  yellow), 
  pike, 
  sun-fish, 
  sturgeon, 
  mullets, 
  

   chub, 
  eels 
  and 
  cat-fish. 
  

  

  The 
  transient 
  fish 
  are 
  shad, 
  herring, 
  alewives, 
  taylors, 
  sheep- 
  

   head, 
  porgies, 
  trout, 
  spots, 
  flounders 
  and 
  Spanish 
  mackerel. 
  

   The 
  permanent 
  fish 
  are 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  waters. 
  Shad, 
  

   herring, 
  alewives, 
  taylors 
  and 
  mackerel 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  abun- 
  

   dance 
  during 
  their 
  season, 
  but 
  the 
  other 
  transient 
  fish 
  specified 
  

   are 
  taken 
  in 
  limited 
  numbers. 
  The 
  supply 
  of 
  fish 
  is 
  being 
  

   constantly 
  exhausted. 
  

  

  8. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  kept 
  such 
  account. 
  

  

  9. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  generally 
  the 
  larger. 
  Have 
  never 
  caught 
  

   a 
  ripe 
  female 
  rock. 
  

  

  10. 
  Male 
  predominates. 
  Don't 
  know, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  

   noticed. 
  • 
  

  

  11. 
  Have 
  caught 
  rock 
  weighing 
  eighty-six 
  pounds. 
  I 
  think 
  

   a 
  rock 
  more 
  than 
  doubles 
  its 
  size 
  every 
  year. 
  

  

  12. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  13. 
  No. 
  

  

  G. 
  "W. 
  Jones, 
  Baltimore 
  City. 
  

  

  1. 
  Yes, 
  for 
  forty 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  have 
  studied 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  fish. 
  

  

  4. 
  From 
  24th 
  to 
  28th 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  10th 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  5. 
  Yes, 
  the 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  rises 
  and 
  falls, 
  and 
  the 
  

   winds 
  blow 
  heavy 
  and 
  light. 
  

  

  6. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  shad 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  people 
  

  

  