﻿XVIT 
  

  

  SH 
  A 
  1 
  ) 
  — 
  Alosa 
  sapidissima. 
  

  

  The 
  ro-operation 
  of 
  tlie 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  (^oinnnssioii, 
  duriiif^ 
  

   previous 
  years, 
  having 
  proved 
  so 
  important 
  in 
  general 
  

   results 
  and 
  so 
  advantageous 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Marj'-land, 
  

   I 
  naturally 
  sought 
  a 
  continuance 
  of 
  such 
  co-operation 
  

   and 
  assistancte 
  in 
  arranging 
  for 
  our 
  spring 
  work. 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  most 
  fortunate 
  in 
  securing 
  the 
  detail 
  of 
  two 
  

   machinery 
  Barges, 
  together 
  with 
  two 
  others, 
  which 
  had 
  

   been 
  furnished 
  with 
  quarters 
  for 
  the 
  employes, 
  for 
  the 
  

   station 
  at 
  the 
  Head 
  of 
  the 
  Bay, 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  April. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Baird 
  had 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   Navy 
  the 
  loan 
  of 
  two 
  steam 
  laun<'lies 
  which 
  c(»uld 
  be 
  

   readily 
  used 
  in 
  collecting 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  Shad, 
  both 
  from 
  

   the 
  large 
  fisheries 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  gillers 
  operating 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighborhood 
  of 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  1. 
  therefore, 
  determined 
  

   to 
  utilize 
  the 
  Steamer 
  "Lookout" 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River. 
  

   As 
  she 
  was 
  provided 
  with 
  hatching 
  a])paratus 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   accommodate 
  from 
  600, 
  ()0(i 
  to 
  1,000, 
  ooo 
  eggs, 
  we 
  confi- 
  

   dently 
  expected 
  to 
  hatch 
  out 
  sevei'al 
  million 
  eggs 
  during 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  season 
  on 
  this 
  river. 
  

  

  POTOMAC 
  RIVER. 
  

  

  During 
  an 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  im 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   River, 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  April, 
  I 
  chanced 
  to 
  arrive 
  at 
  Mr. 
  

   Skidmore's 
  fishery, 
  at 
  Moxley's 
  Point, 
  alwut 
  6 
  o'clock 
  in 
  

   the 
  afternoon, 
  as 
  the 
  seine 
  was 
  being 
  landed, 
  and 
  found 
  

   unexpectedly, 
  a 
  considerable 
  numbei- 
  of 
  I'ipe 
  male 
  and 
  

   female 
  shad. 
  

  

  About 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  million 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  

   were 
  readily 
  secured, 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  Avas 
  considerably 
  earlier 
  

   in 
  the 
  season 
  than 
  we 
  had 
  ever 
  before 
  obtained 
  ripe 
  shad 
  

   on 
  this 
  river, 
  the 
  hatching 
  appartus 
  had 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  

   placed 
  in 
  running 
  order, 
  and, 
  after 
  kee])ing 
  the 
  eggs 
  a 
  

   few 
  houj-s 
  in 
  pails, 
  I 
  emptied 
  them 
  into 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   Branch 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  near 
  the 
  Navy 
  Yard. 
  

  

  Finding 
  the 
  season 
  so 
  unusually 
  advanced 
  I 
  immedi- 
  

  

  