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  I 
  I 
  I 
  

  

  •ately 
  secured 
  tlie 
  (Hiuipiiieiit 
  of 
  tlie 
  Steainei- 
  i'oi- 
  the 
  

   spring 
  wu]'1\ 
  jiiid 
  coiiiiiieiiced 
  active 
  ()i)eratioii.s 
  on 
  tlie 
  4th 
  

   day 
  of 
  May. 
  A 
  Ixu 
  it 
  ().")(»,( 
  )(>(» 
  eggs 
  were 
  secnred 
  at 
  Mox- 
  

   ley's 
  Point 
  on 
  tlie 
  same 
  night, 
  and 
  as 
  this 
  nnniber 
  coni- 
  

   l^letely 
  lilled 
  the 
  a]»])aiatus 
  on 
  the 
  St<'anier. 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

   taking 
  eggs 
  was 
  necessarily 
  discontinued 
  until 
  additional 
  

   appai'atiis 
  could 
  be 
  iiiii(i"o\ 
  ised 
  for 
  their 
  i-ece))tion. 
  

  

  This 
  success 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  remembered, 
  

   was 
  wliolly 
  without 
  precedent 
  and 
  as 
  we 
  had 
  ])i*ovided 
  

   means 
  only 
  foi' 
  hatching 
  ego-s 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  as 
  we 
  had 
  

   hitherto 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  secure, 
  we 
  were 
  totally 
  un])re])ai"ed 
  

   to 
  handle 
  the 
  quantities 
  Avhich 
  Avere 
  obtainable 
  at 
  this 
  

   period. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  state 
  of 
  affairs 
  1 
  again 
  looked 
  to 
  ProC. 
  Baird 
  

   fo]' 
  assistance, 
  and 
  through 
  his 
  intlnence 
  seciii'ed 
  from 
  

   the 
  Navy 
  Department 
  ]»ei'missioii 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  hydrant 
  

   water 
  in 
  the 
  Navy 
  Yaid 
  at 
  Washington, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  put 
  

   n]) 
  a])a]'atus 
  foi-develojiing 
  the 
  <'gus 
  which 
  might 
  beg-tth- 
  

   ei'ed 
  by 
  the 
  "Lookout."" 
  

  

  The 
  assistant' 
  which 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Macdiine 
  

   Sh(»])s 
  at 
  the 
  yard 
  enabled 
  us. 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  c(»nes 
  running, 
  which 
  was 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  I 
  th(night 
  it 
  

   necessaiy 
  to 
  i)rovide. 
  Foi- 
  with 
  these 
  we 
  were 
  prepared 
  to 
  

   tak<' 
  cai'e 
  of 
  fiom 
  tw(dve 
  to 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  

   eggs, 
  and 
  1 
  did 
  not 
  hope 
  to 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  this 
  number 
  

   on 
  hand 
  at 
  one 
  time. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  lK)rne 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  

   it 
  only 
  lecpiiied 
  about 
  thi-ee 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  for 
  theii- 
  full 
  development, 
  when 
  they 
  

   could 
  eithei- 
  be 
  de])osited 
  in 
  local 
  waters 
  oi' 
  transferred 
  

   tcv 
  other 
  ])oints, 
  leaving 
  the 
  vessels 
  free 
  to 
  receive 
  fresh 
  

   su])i)lies. 
  As 
  the 
  '"Lookout," 
  howevei', 
  gathered 
  from 
  (me 
  

   to 
  two 
  million 
  eggs 
  a 
  night 
  dui'ing 
  this 
  perio<l. 
  tlieai)i)ara- 
  

   tus 
  which 
  was 
  ei-ected 
  Avas 
  taxed 
  to 
  its 
  utmost 
  (^ai)acity, 
  

   and 
  additional 
  cones 
  were 
  added 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  

   manufactured 
  until, 
  hnally, 
  theii' 
  number 
  reached 
  forty 
  

   six 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  half 
  dozen 
  on 
  the 
  bow 
  of 
  the 
  ''Look 
  

   out," 
  which 
  were 
  used 
  as 
  receptacles 
  for 
  the 
  eggs 
  as 
  they 
  

  

  