﻿XXIV 
  

   HAVKK 
  l)E 
  GRACE 
  STATION. 
  

  

  This 
  station 
  was 
  j)laced 
  under 
  the 
  ininiediate 
  charge 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  John 
  8. 
  Saunders 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  who 
  had 
  obtained 
  

   considerable 
  experience 
  in 
  shad 
  work 
  during 
  his 
  employ- 
  

   ment 
  by 
  the 
  V. 
  S. 
  Commission 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  in 
  the 
  

   seasons 
  of 
  1878-9. 
  

  

  The 
  barges, 
  to 
  which 
  reference 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  made, 
  

   having 
  been 
  rem(Klled 
  and 
  j^laced 
  in 
  thorough 
  order 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  tile 
  time 
  they 
  were 
  laid 
  uj) 
  at 
  Baltimore. 
  I 
  directed 
  

   that 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  transferred 
  to 
  Spesutie 
  Narrows, 
  a 
  

   convenient 
  and 
  central 
  locality, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  large 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  and 
  the 
  gillers 
  could 
  readily 
  be 
  reached. 
  The 
  

   entrance 
  to 
  this 
  harbor 
  had 
  been 
  dredged 
  by 
  the 
  Engin- 
  

   eev 
  Department, 
  to 
  allow 
  safe 
  passage 
  for 
  the 
  steam 
  

   launches. 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  while 
  

   the 
  haul 
  seines 
  were 
  being 
  operated 
  on 
  Spesutie 
  Island 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  Floating 
  Battei'ies 
  adjacent, 
  these 
  fisheries 
  were 
  

   visited 
  daily 
  and 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  from 
  them, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   from 
  the 
  gill 
  -nets 
  which 
  were 
  drifted 
  on 
  the 
  fiats. 
  

  

  An 
  extended 
  drought, 
  with 
  a 
  prevalence 
  of 
  south-east- 
  

   erly 
  winds, 
  caused 
  the 
  salt 
  water 
  to 
  back 
  up 
  the 
  bay, 
  and 
  

   the 
  water 
  became 
  so 
  brackish 
  in 
  Spesutie 
  Narrows 
  as 
  to 
  

   endangei' 
  the 
  eggs. 
  It 
  was, 
  therefore, 
  found 
  necessary 
  

   on 
  the 
  3()th 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  to 
  remove 
  the 
  barges 
  from 
  this 
  

   locality 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  above 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace,* 
  bet 
  Aveen 
  Wat- 
  

   son's 
  Island 
  and 
  the 
  Cecil 
  County 
  shore. 
  This 
  change 
  of 
  

   location 
  in 
  the 
  uddst 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  no 
  doubt 
  contributed 
  

   materiallj" 
  towards 
  lessening 
  the 
  results 
  obtained 
  at 
  this 
  

   station. 
  

  

  Pai'ticulars 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  conducted 
  under 
  the 
  supervis- 
  

   ion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Saiindei's 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  and 
  jour- 
  

   nal 
  which 
  are 
  herewith 
  sulmiitted. 
  

  

  