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  cod, 
  Mil 
  iiK'li 
  or 
  two 
  in 
  leuii'tli. 
  Avere 
  iTeqnently 
  seen 
  in 
  

   the 
  hai'boj'. 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  lishernien 
  or 
  inliabitants 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   town 
  having 
  ever 
  before 
  noticed 
  the 
  yonng 
  of 
  tliis 
  tish 
  in 
  

   those 
  watei's. 
  AOnng 
  tisli 
  a 
  year 
  old, 
  and 
  measuring 
  six 
  

   or 
  seven 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  the 
  next 
  sea- 
  

   son, 
  and 
  in 
  considerable 
  abundance, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood. 
  

  

  KIS[|-\VAVS. 
  

  

  Having 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  means 
  em- 
  

   pk)yed 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  shad 
  and 
  other 
  nngratory 
  

   fishes, 
  it 
  has 
  now 
  become 
  essential 
  to 
  the 
  thorough 
  suc- 
  

   cess 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  its 
  benefits 
  

   to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  that 
  means 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  

   ascent 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  to 
  localities 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  ai-e 
  now 
  

   debarred 
  by 
  natural 
  and 
  artificial 
  obstrncti<ms. 
  Although 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  such 
  obstructi(ms 
  in 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  with- 
  

   in 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  yet 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  restocking 
  the 
  

   river 
  proper, 
  and 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  fisii 
  at 
  its 
  

   mouth 
  would 
  ])e 
  very 
  materially 
  assisted 
  by 
  opening 
  the 
  

   river 
  to 
  its 
  soui'ces, 
  as 
  this 
  would 
  not 
  only 
  enlarge 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  grounds 
  to 
  a 
  ]iroportionate 
  and 
  Aery 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  extent, 
  but 
  would, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  a1foi'(l 
  moi'eand 
  

   better 
  opportunities 
  foi- 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  rijte 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  proper 
  tisliways 
  in 
  the 
  I'iver, 
  in 
  

   Pennsylvania, 
  and 
  the 
  discontinuance 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  fish- 
  

   weirs 
  along 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  would 
  very 
  

   quickly 
  yield 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  both 
  

   States. 
  

  

  The 
  interru])tion 
  to 
  the 
  ])rogress 
  of 
  fish 
  in 
  m<»st 
  

   of 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  tlie 
  eastei-n 
  portion 
  of 
  Maryland 
  consists 
  

   mainly 
  in 
  the 
  means 
  wliich 
  are 
  empk)yed 
  for 
  their 
  cap- 
  

   ture. 
  Tiiis 
  nuitter, 
  however, 
  is 
  within 
  the 
  conti-ol 
  of 
  the 
  

   inhabitants 
  of 
  those 
  sections, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  would 
  earnestly 
  

   recommend 
  the 
  discontinuance 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  such 
  

   methods. 
  

  

  Among 
  tlie 
  princi]>al 
  sti-eams 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  Sliore 
  we 
  

  

  