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  Howard 
  County., 
  Md., 
  Oct. 
  9th, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  J 
  received 
  from 
  your 
  

  

  assistant, 
  at 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park, 
  ten 
  of 
  the 
  Scale 
  Carp 
  in 
  

   May 
  last. 
  They 
  were 
  then 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  

   in 
  digging 
  the 
  pond 
  larger 
  in 
  August, 
  (3 
  mos. 
  afterward,) 
  

   I 
  let 
  the 
  water 
  off 
  to 
  catch 
  them 
  and 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  pond, 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  them 
  from 
  

   seven 
  to 
  ten 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  no 
  other 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  pond, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  ten 
  have 
  

   done 
  so 
  well 
  would 
  like 
  very 
  much 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smooth 
  ones. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  Yours 
  truly, 
  JOSEPH 
  BARLOW. 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  -K- 
  

  

  Columbia, 
  S. 
  C, 
  Oct. 
  18, 
  1880. 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  most 
  encouraging 
  

   reports 
  of 
  the 
  Carp 
  distributed 
  last 
  November 
  ; 
  some 
  are 
  

   ten 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  weigh 
  one 
  pound. 
  

  

  A. 
  P. 
  BUTLER, 
  

  

  Comr. 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

  

  The 
  Fish 
  Commissioners, 
  

  

  RoMNEY. 
  W. 
  Ya., 
  Oct. 
  29, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  been 
  extremely 
  anxious 
  to 
  secure 
  some 
  more 
  

   Carp. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  fish 
  in 
  which 
  our 
  i3eople 
  seem 
  to 
  

   take 
  interest, 
  and 
  affords 
  speedy 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  of 
  our 
  work. 
  Of 
  those 
  received 
  last 
  fall 
  we 
  

   retained 
  twenty-six 
  in 
  the 
  hatchery 
  ponds. 
  Have 
  them 
  

   all 
  yet, 
  some 
  weighing 
  considerably 
  over 
  a 
  pound. 
  I 
  

   am, 
  therefore, 
  very 
  thankful 
  for 
  your 
  offer 
  to 
  let 
  me 
  

   have 
  more, 
  and 
  write 
  to 
  inquire 
  where 
  I 
  shall 
  send 
  for 
  

   them. 
  " 
  * 
  " 
  ^ 
  

  

  Yery 
  truly 
  yours, 
  C. 
  S. 
  WHITE. 
  

  

  Bel 
  Air, 
  Harford 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  Nod. 
  1, 
  1880. 
  

   My 
  Dear 
  Sir 
  ,•— 
  

   Through 
  your 
  kindness 
  I 
  received 
  a 
  few 
  Carp 
  from 
  

  

  