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  12. 
  Sexes 
  differ 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  shape 
  and 
  size. 
  Kate 
  of 
  

   growth 
  not 
  known, 
  

  

  13. 
  Hav'nt 
  given 
  the 
  question 
  any 
  consideration. 
  

  

  John 
  W. 
  Bkown. 
  

  

  1. 
  Twenty 
  years. 
  

  

  2. 
  Nanticoke 
  River. 
  

  

  3. 
  Yes. 
  

  

  4. 
  Spawn 
  abont 
  middle 
  of 
  May. 
  More 
  abundant 
  before 
  

   spawning 
  season, 
  say 
  in 
  April. 
  

  

  5. 
  Catch 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  six 
  thousand 
  herring. 
  

  

  6. 
  Better 
  than 
  for 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  years. 
  A 
  hard 
  winter 
  is- 
  

   generally 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  good 
  fish 
  season, 
  as 
  the 
  fish 
  that 
  are 
  

   kept 
  back 
  by 
  the 
  cold 
  weather 
  come 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  at 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  7. 
  Herring, 
  perch, 
  shad 
  and 
  rock. 
  Same 
  quantity 
  of 
  perch^ 
  

   herring 
  and 
  shad 
  — 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  hundred 
  rock. 
  I 
  con- 
  

   sider 
  cat-fish 
  and 
  perch 
  best 
  suited 
  to 
  our 
  waters. 
  

  

  0. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  rock 
  spawn. 
  

  

  10. 
  Males 
  predominate 
  in 
  ratio 
  of 
  five 
  to 
  one. 
  

  

  11. 
  Have 
  caught 
  a 
  rock 
  weighing 
  fifty 
  -five 
  pounds. 
  Can- 
  

   not 
  tell 
  average 
  growth 
  per 
  year. 
  

  

  Rock 
  Fish 
  — 
  Roccus 
  Uneatus. 
  

  

  Onr 
  long 
  search 
  for 
  a 
  ripe 
  rock 
  was 
  rewarded 
  by 
  the 
  cap- 
  

   ture, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Capeheart, 
  at 
  the 
  Scotch 
  Hall 
  Fishery, 
  on 
  the 
  

   6th 
  of 
  May, 
  of 
  three 
  large 
  females 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  ripe 
  

   spawn. 
  They 
  were 
  landed 
  about 
  four 
  o'clock 
  in 
  the 
  after- 
  

   noon, 
  and 
  immediately 
  reported 
  to 
  William 
  Hamlin, 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  experts 
  of 
  the 
  Shad-hatching 
  Corps. 
  He 
  stripped 
  

   them, 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  taken 
  filled 
  two 
  large 
  pails 
  of 
  about 
  six 
  

   gallons 
  each. 
  This 
  Fishery 
  was 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  distant 
  

   from 
  the 
  hatching 
  station, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  

   proper 
  means 
  of 
  preserving 
  the 
  eggs. 
  During 
  their 
  impreg- 
  

   nation 
  the 
  pans 
  used 
  in 
  shad-spawning 
  were 
  filled, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  transport 
  the 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  Fishing-shore 
  to 
  the 
  

   central 
  station 
  in 
  an 
  almost 
  solid 
  mass. 
  Mr. 
  Hamlin 
  reports. 
  

  

  