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  less 
  ill 
  size, 
  iiiid 
  iisumHv 
  culled 
  "1 
  thick 
  backs/ 
  equnlly 
  

   true 
  to 
  instinct, 
  seek 
  tlie 
  Uiiawain." 
  The 
  "-hlnck 
  hack" 
  

   lieiv 
  lel'eiTed 
  to 
  is 
  (h>iil»th'ss 
  t])e 
  "n'liit-li 
  erring"' 
  oi' 
  the 
  

   Chesa])eake 
  region. 
  

  

  ('oh 
  Theodore 
  liVnian. 
  in 
  his 
  lepoii 
  as 
  Coninnssioiier 
  

   of 
  Fisheries 
  I'or 
  Massachusetts 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  Jan. 
  

   J, 
  I8r)*). 
  gives 
  tile 
  following 
  results 
  of 
  observations 
  in 
  

   various 
  I'ivers 
  of 
  Massachusetts: 
  '''i'lie 
  netters 
  recog- 
  

   nize 
  several 
  sorts 
  and 
  several 
  runs 
  of 
  alewives. 
  The 
  

   ricier 
  herring 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  vai-iety. 
  not 
  much 
  esteemed, 
  and 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  s^)a^\ll 
  in 
  ti<hil 
  watei-. 
  These 
  are 
  always 
  

   most 
  numerous 
  in 
  streams 
  tJiat 
  lia\ 
  e 
  had 
  hshways 
  ; 
  be- 
  

   cause, 
  when 
  once 
  they 
  ha\ 
  »' 
  sjtawned 
  helow 
  a 
  dam. 
  the 
  

   progeny 
  are 
  not 
  inclined 
  to 
  go 
  farthei', 
  and 
  lie 
  in 
  tidal 
  

   Avaters. 
  Large 
  shoals 
  of 
  these 
  "sulkers" 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   at 
  Sqmnvbetty, 
  on 
  Taunton 
  (^reat 
  River, 
  or 
  at 
  tlie 
  foot 
  

   of 
  the 
  dam. 
  on 
  Mystic 
  Poinh 
  Then 
  there 
  are 
  tlie 
  ffray- 
  

   haeJ\S 
  and 
  the 
  hjm-l- 
  hplJirs, 
  which 
  have 
  all 
  the 
  marks 
  of 
  

   a 
  distinct 
  s])ecies. 
  ■■ 
  '■'' 
  '■'' 
  ■• 
  - 
  

  

  The 
  })l(i.rk-h<^llU's 
  ajipear 
  latei- 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  than 
  the 
  

   gray-hdrks, 
  and 
  though 
  smaller 
  ai-e. 
  by 
  ivason 
  of 
  their 
  

   fatness, 
  more 
  esteemed." 
  

  

  Whenever 
  the 
  o])])ortunity 
  lias 
  occurred 
  7 
  have 
  caused 
  

   the 
  spawn 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  to 
  be 
  taken, 
  and 
  have 
  tided 
  

   several 
  experiments 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  best 
  methods 
  

   for 
  ])ropagating 
  them, 
  and 
  have 
  succeeded 
  in 
  hatcliing 
  

   many 
  hundred 
  thousand, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  i-etui'iied 
  to 
  

   our 
  wateis. 
  ibit 
  for 
  reasons 
  stated 
  in 
  my 
  pi-evious 
  Re- 
  

   ports, 
  no 
  s])ecial 
  hatching 
  station 
  has 
  l)een 
  established 
  

   for 
  the 
  pi'()])agatioii 
  of 
  this 
  hsh, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   gram 
  of 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  Figures 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  are 
  given 
  

   in 
  order 
  that 
  their 
  ])eculiarities 
  of 
  form 
  may 
  be 
  carefully 
  

   studied, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  most 
  advisable 
  that 
  those 
  employed 
  in 
  

   the 
  work 
  of 
  fish 
  culture 
  who 
  undertake 
  the 
  propagation 
  

   of 
  the 
  herring 
  should 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  distinguish 
  es]»ecially 
  

   between 
  the 
  gliit-heiring 
  iporuolohuK 
  (t'stiivilis) 
  {\\\(\ 
  the 
  

  

  