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  cross 
  the 
  bay, 
  he 
  concluded 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  this 
  phice 
  and 
  await 
  

   a 
  fresh 
  supply. 
  Should 
  the 
  weather 
  continue 
  boisterous 
  we 
  

   will 
  not 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  render 
  you 
  the 
  assistance 
  that 
  I 
  much 
  de- 
  

   sire 
  to 
  do. 
  Yours 
  truly, 
  Samuel 
  M. 
  Tkavers. 
  

  

  No 
  other 
  attempts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  transfer 
  the 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  

   Nortn 
  Carolina 
  Hatchino; 
  Station 
  to 
  Maryland 
  waters 
  durino; 
  

  

  CD 
  ^ 
  O 
  

  

  the 
  season, 
  as 
  we 
  deemed 
  it 
  best 
  for 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   to 
  postpone 
  the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  any 
  aid 
  which 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Commission 
  might 
  be 
  disposed 
  to 
  render 
  us 
  until 
  the 
  opening 
  

   of 
  our 
  season, 
  and 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  operations 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Head 
  of 
  

   the 
  Bay." 
  

  

  Although 
  our 
  efibrts 
  during 
  these 
  two 
  years 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  

   fish 
  from 
  this 
  station, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  produced 
  in 
  such 
  large 
  

   numbers, 
  resulted 
  in 
  comparative 
  failure, 
  we 
  have 
  gained 
  

   most 
  valuable 
  experience, 
  and 
  have 
  devised 
  apparatus 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  fish 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  transferred 
  when 
  it 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  repeat 
  the 
  attempt. 
  

  

  We 
  deem 
  it 
  proper 
  to 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  

   table 
  (which 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commissioner 
  

   enables 
  us 
  to 
  produce) 
  showing 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  shad-hatching 
  

   operations 
  conducted 
  on 
  Albemarle 
  Sound, 
  as 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Lookout 
  and 
  the 
  apparatus 
  contributed, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  the 
  detail 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  above-mentioned, 
  have 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  

   measure 
  identified 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commission 
  with 
  this 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  work 
  : 
  

  

  