﻿XX 
  

  

  "William 
  Fletcher, 
  Wicomico 
  County. 
  

  

  1. 
  I 
  have 
  for 
  thirty 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  Kiver. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  4. 
  They 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  the 
  

   first 
  of 
  May 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  time. 
  

  

  5. 
  I 
  do 
  not. 
  

  

  6. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  shad 
  was 
  larger 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  for 
  several 
  

   years 
  previous. 
  I 
  attribute 
  the 
  increase 
  to 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  

   the 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

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

   or 
  butter-head, 
  and 
  cat-fish. 
  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 
  fish 
  sold, 
  but 
  think 
  about 
  

   one-eighth 
  was 
  rock, 
  three-eighths 
  shad, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  her- 
  

   ring 
  and 
  small 
  fish. 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  10. 
  I 
  have. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fact. 
  

  

  11. 
  Forty 
  pounds. 
  I 
  know 
  nothing 
  of 
  their 
  growth. 
  

  

  12. 
  They 
  difier 
  in 
  size. 
  I 
  know 
  nothing 
  of 
  their 
  growth. 
  

  

  13. 
  I 
  think 
  not. 
  

  

  Levin 
  Malone, 
  Wicomico 
  County. 
  

  

  1. 
  I 
  have 
  for 
  twenty 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  In 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  River. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  4. 
  They 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  the 
  

   first 
  of 
  May 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  time. 
  

  

  5. 
  I 
  do 
  not. 
  

  

  6. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  shad 
  was 
  larger 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  for 
  several 
  

   years 
  previous. 
  I 
  attribute 
  this 
  increase 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  7. 
  Shad, 
  herring, 
  rock, 
  perch, 
  pike, 
  mullet, 
  roach 
  and 
  cat- 
  

   fish. 
  Shad, 
  herring, 
  rock 
  and 
  pei'cli 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  fish 
  

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

   bass, 
  are 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  waters. 
  

  

  