﻿XXII 
  ' 
  

  

  John 
  Meredith, 
  Cambridge, 
  Dorchester 
  County, 
  Md. 
  

  

  1. 
  I 
  have 
  for 
  nearly 
  tliirty 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  Clioptank 
  and 
  Transquakin 
  Rivers. 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  good 
  deal, 
  

  

  4r. 
  They 
  spawn 
  in 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  5. 
  I 
  do 
  not. 
  

  

  6. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  better 
  than 
  last 
  year 
  or 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  

   past, 
  but 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  to 
  what 
  to 
  attribute 
  it. 
  

  

  7. 
  Shad, 
  herring, 
  rock 
  and 
  perch 
  mostly. 
  Also 
  trout, 
  tay- 
  

   lors, 
  pike 
  and 
  crocus. 
  The 
  first 
  four 
  are 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  our 
  

   waters. 
  

  

  8. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  account. 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  that 
  I 
  have. 
  , 
  

  

  10. 
  I 
  can 
  hardly 
  tell. 
  

  

  11. 
  Tliree 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  four 
  feet. 
  Don't 
  know 
  weight. 
  

  

  12. 
  Female 
  is 
  thick 
  ; 
  male 
  slender. 
  

  

  13. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  so. 
  

  

  TiLGHMAN 
  H. 
  Thomas. 
  

  

  J. 
  For 
  fourteen 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  Choptank 
  River. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  have. 
  

  

  4. 
  From 
  the 
  2d 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  the 
  20th. 
  In 
  greater 
  numbers 
  

   before 
  they 
  are 
  ripe. 
  

  

  5. 
  Ko. 
  From 
  three 
  to 
  fifteen 
  hundred. 
  Temperature 
  of 
  

   water 
  not 
  known. 
  Winds 
  " 
  box 
  the 
  compass." 
  

  

  6. 
  Decrease; 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  river 
  being 
  blockaded, 
  keeping 
  

   the 
  fish 
  from 
  schooling, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  catching 
  them 
  in 
  spawn- 
  

   ing 
  time. 
  

  

  7. 
  Sliad, 
  herring, 
  rock 
  and 
  cat-fish. 
  

  

  8. 
  No. 
  From 
  three 
  to 
  fifteen 
  hundred. 
  Price 
  for 
  shad, 
  

   ten 
  cents 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  cents 
  ; 
  herring, 
  seventy-five 
  cents 
  per 
  

   hundred 
  ; 
  rock, 
  four 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  that 
  I 
  ever 
  caught 
  a 
  ripe 
  female 
  rock. 
  

  

  10. 
  I 
  have 
  caught 
  numbers 
  of 
  ripe 
  male 
  rock. 
  

  

  11. 
  Sixty 
  -two 
  pounds. 
  I 
  don't 
  know 
  how 
  fast 
  they 
  grow 
  

  

  