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  8. 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  no 
  account 
  of 
  fish 
  sold, 
  but 
  think 
  about 
  

   one-eighth 
  rock, 
  three-eighths 
  shad, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  herring 
  

   and 
  small 
  fish. 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  10. 
  I 
  have. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fact. 
  

  

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

   per 
  year. 
  

  

  12. 
  I 
  have 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  male 
  rock 
  is 
  slenderer 
  than 
  the 
  

   female. 
  

  

  13. 
  No. 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  rock 
  can 
  be 
  successfully 
  propagated 
  

   in 
  our 
  waters. 
  They 
  feed 
  on 
  such 
  fish 
  as 
  the 
  roach 
  or 
  butter- 
  

   head, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  large 
  size 
  sometimes 
  eat 
  herring 
  in 
  spring. 
  

   They 
  come 
  up 
  our 
  river 
  twice 
  a 
  year, 
  i. 
  e., 
  in 
  the 
  sj)ring 
  and 
  

   fall. 
  

  

  James 
  Willis, 
  Oxford, 
  Talbot 
  Conniy, 
  Md. 
  

  

  1. 
  Have 
  fished 
  for 
  pleasure 
  only, 
  not 
  for 
  a 
  livelihood, 
  since 
  

   1829. 
  

  

  2. 
  Tuckaho 
  Creek, 
  in 
  Oxford, 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  twenty 
  years. 
  

  

  3. 
  No. 
  

  

  4. 
  Usually 
  spawn 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  June. 
  

  

  5. 
  Cannot 
  answer 
  this 
  question, 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  has 
  often 
  been 
  

   known 
  to 
  " 
  box 
  the 
  compass 
  " 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  times 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  6. 
  None, 
  compared 
  to 
  what 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  1831. 
  Still 
  decreas- 
  

   ing, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  haul, 
  float 
  and 
  set 
  seines 
  

   and 
  wier 
  nets. 
  Unless 
  the 
  necessary 
  steps 
  are 
  taken 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   vent 
  further 
  destruction 
  we 
  will 
  have 
  no 
  shad 
  in 
  five 
  years. 
  

  

  7. 
  Rock, 
  sturgeon, 
  taylors, 
  perch, 
  sheeps-head, 
  crocus, 
  

   'doutys-plenty, 
  eels, 
  thorny-backs, 
  horse-mackerel, 
  trout 
  and 
  

  

  pike. 
  

  

  8. 
  No. 
  

  

  9. 
  No. 
  

  

  10. 
  No. 
  

  

  11. 
  Twenty 
  pounds. 
  

  

  12. 
  Male 
  rock 
  is 
  thin-gutted 
  ; 
  female 
  rock 
  is 
  large-gutted, 
  

  

  13. 
  No. 
  

  

  