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  years 
  previous. 
  I 
  attribute 
  the 
  increase 
  to 
  the 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  7. 
  Shad, 
  herring, 
  rock, 
  perch, 
  pike, 
  mullet, 
  sun-fish, 
  roach 
  

   and 
  cat-fisli. 
  Shad, 
  herring, 
  rock 
  and 
  perch 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  

   fish 
  caught 
  in 
  our 
  river, 
  and 
  I 
  think 
  that 
  they, 
  with 
  the 
  black- 
  

   bass, 
  are 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  waters. 
  

  

  8. 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  no 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  sold 
  for 
  

   several 
  years, 
  but 
  think 
  about 
  one 
  eighth 
  rock, 
  three-eighths 
  

   shad 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  herring 
  and 
  perch. 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  liave 
  — 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  10. 
  The 
  male 
  or 
  stag 
  rock 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  abundant. 
  Yery 
  

   seldom 
  caught 
  a 
  ripe 
  female. 
  

  

  11. 
  Seventy-five 
  pounds. 
  I 
  know 
  nothing 
  of 
  their 
  growth. 
  

  

  12. 
  They 
  do. 
  

  

  13. 
  I 
  think 
  not. 
  

  

  Andrew 
  Airey, 
  Dorchester 
  County. 
  

  

  1. 
  I 
  have 
  for 
  forty 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  Choptank 
  River. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  4. 
  From 
  20tli 
  of 
  April 
  to 
  same 
  time 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  5. 
  I 
  do 
  not. 
  

  

  6. 
  Shad 
  have 
  been 
  fewer 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  I 
  attribute 
  de^ 
  

   crease 
  to 
  stake 
  ponds. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  rock 
  for 
  the 
  

   past 
  two 
  years 
  than 
  for 
  the 
  fifteen 
  years 
  previous. 
  I 
  attribute 
  

   increase 
  to 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  7. 
  Eock, 
  perch, 
  shad, 
  herring 
  and 
  taylors 
  mostly. 
  Rock 
  

   are 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  waters. 
  

  

  8. 
  Mostly 
  rock 
  and 
  perch. 
  The 
  prices 
  vary 
  according 
  tO' 
  

   the 
  markets. 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  liavc 
  frequently 
  seen 
  ripe 
  rock. 
  

  

  10. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  more 
  male 
  rock. 
  

  

  11. 
  Seventy-five 
  pounds. 
  Cannot 
  tell 
  growth, 
  but 
  they 
  

   grow 
  very 
  fast. 
  

  

  12. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  thick 
  ; 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  

   slender. 
  

  

  13. 
  The 
  rock 
  is 
  not 
  destructive, 
  and 
  I 
  deem 
  it 
  by 
  all 
  odds 
  

  

  B 
  

  

  