﻿XXVI 
  

  

  later 
  than 
  the 
  period 
  last 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  the 
  fisheries 
  have 
  

   closed 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  May. 
  Dr. 
  Capeheart 
  reports 
  

   the 
  young 
  rock 
  as 
  appearing 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  

   of 
  August, 
  in 
  Salmon 
  Creek, 
  near 
  the 
  shad-hatching 
  station. 
  

   As 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  young 
  rock 
  has 
  never 
  

   been 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  before, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  those 
  

   referred 
  to 
  as 
  appearing 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  August 
  were 
  the 
  

   product 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  6th 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  artifici- 
  

   ally 
  hatched 
  ; 
  for, 
  as 
  already 
  stated, 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  thous- 
  

   ands 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  thrown 
  overboard 
  while 
  rinsing 
  and 
  ma- 
  

   nipulating 
  them, 
  and 
  in 
  addition, 
  the 
  vessels 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  rock 
  

   were 
  hatched 
  were 
  so 
  constructed 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  tlieir 
  escape 
  

   easy, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  freed 
  from 
  the 
  eggs. 
  It 
  is 
  matter 
  

   of 
  regret 
  that 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  ripe 
  rock 
  — 
  for 
  which 
  constant 
  

   search 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  six 
  years 
  — 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  

   60 
  unexpected 
  as 
  to 
  find 
  us 
  totally 
  unprepared 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   thorough 
  success 
  of 
  our 
  experiments, 
  or 
  to 
  observe 
  the 
  devel- 
  

   opment 
  of 
  tlie 
  eggs, 
  with 
  that 
  care 
  which 
  their 
  importance- 
  

   demands. 
  We 
  trust, 
  however, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  we 
  will 
  

   have 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  more 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  this- 
  

   fish, 
  and 
  of 
  hatching 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  sufficiently 
  large 
  to 
  insure 
  

   practical 
  benefits 
  therefrom. 
  

  

  Shad 
  — 
  Alosa 
  sapadissima. 
  

  

  The 
  success 
  which 
  attended 
  the 
  experiment 
  of 
  establishing 
  

   a 
  shad 
  hatching 
  station 
  on 
  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  during 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  year 
  caused 
  Prof 
  Baird 
  to 
  desire 
  a 
  continuance 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  during 
  last 
  spring 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  Although 
  our 
  

   efibrts 
  to 
  transfer 
  the 
  fish 
  hatched 
  at 
  that 
  point 
  to 
  Maryland 
  

   waters 
  had 
  not 
  proved 
  successful, 
  yet 
  we 
  deemed 
  it 
  of 
  great 
  

   importance 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  Prof. 
  Baird 
  in 
  this 
  work, 
  espec- 
  

   ially 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  his 
  programme 
  to 
  remove 
  his 
  entire 
  

   equipment 
  from 
  Albemarle 
  Sound, 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  

   in 
  that 
  latitude, 
  to 
  the 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  Bay, 
  and 
  continue 
  in 
  Mary- 
  

   land 
  waters 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  shad 
  hatching. 
  "We 
  did 
  not 
  propose 
  

   to 
  attempt 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  that 
  point 
  to 
  our 
  own 
  

   streams. 
  Our 
  object 
  in 
  desiring 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

  

  