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  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  that 
  deposits 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  have 
  

   been 
  made 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  stream 
  of 
  tlie 
  Eastern 
  Shore, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  principal 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  Shore. 
  The 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Shore 
  was 
  under 
  the 
  personal 
  direction 
  

   and 
  supervision 
  of 
  Col. 
  Thomas 
  Hughlett, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   missioners 
  of 
  Fisheries. 
  

  

  In 
  making 
  this 
  distribution, 
  on 
  the 
  Western 
  Shore 
  we 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  200,000 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  near 
  the 
  

   Point 
  of 
  Rocks. 
  Each 
  season 
  we 
  have 
  deposited 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  this 
  river, 
  from 
  Pied- 
  

   mont 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  Falls. 
  

  

  These 
  iish 
  will, 
  doubtless, 
  go 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  ocean; 
  and 
  upon 
  

   returning 
  as 
  adult 
  iish, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  reproduction, 
  will 
  

   make 
  strenuous 
  efforts 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  Great 
  Falls 
  and 
  other 
  ob- 
  

   structions 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River. 
  If 
  proper 
  artificial 
  means 
  

   are 
  provided 
  for 
  their 
  ascent, 
  we 
  are 
  confident 
  that, 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   years, 
  shad 
  and 
  other 
  migratory 
  fish 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  abund- 
  

   ance, 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  this 
  stream. 
  We 
  pro- 
  

   pose 
  to 
  pursue, 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  year, 
  the 
  same 
  plan 
  with 
  

   the 
  herring 
  and 
  rock, 
  should 
  they 
  be 
  hatched 
  out 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers. 
  

  

  Two 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  young 
  shad 
  were 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  

   Commissioners 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  by 
  them 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna. 
  We 
  hoped, 
  

   by 
  such 
  means, 
  to 
  induce 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  ascend 
  that 
  stream 
  and 
  

   thereby 
  extend 
  their 
  spawning 
  grounds 
  — 
  a 
  result 
  which 
  would 
  

   not 
  only 
  greatly 
  benefit 
  the 
  people 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  drained 
  

   by 
  the 
  upper 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  would 
  also 
  

   increase 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  captured 
  by 
  our 
  own 
  citizens 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace. 
  

  

  