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  Druid 
  Hill 
  hatching 
  house 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  last 
  May. 
  At 
  

   that 
  time 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  

   weighed 
  about 
  h 
  oz. 
  each. 
  I 
  caught 
  some 
  for 
  our 
  Agri- 
  

   cultural 
  Show 
  on 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  October 
  (last 
  month). 
  One 
  

   of 
  them 
  weighed 
  2i 
  lbs. 
  All 
  weighed 
  2 
  lbs. 
  or 
  more, 
  

   and 
  averaged 
  over 
  fifteen 
  inches 
  long. 
  They 
  have 
  had 
  

   no 
  attention 
  whatever. 
  The 
  pond 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  an 
  acre 
  

   or 
  more, 
  from 
  one 
  foot 
  to 
  six 
  feet 
  deep. 
  Five 
  of 
  the 
  

   fish 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  pond 
  looked 
  so 
  well 
  developed 
  that 
  

   I 
  think 
  they 
  will 
  spawn 
  next 
  February, 
  although 
  you 
  

   informed 
  me 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  spawn 
  until 
  they 
  were 
  

   two 
  years 
  old. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  Yours 
  truly, 
  JOHN 
  S. 
  DALLAM. 
  

  

  RixFORD, 
  Fla., 
  JVoo. 
  1. 
  

   3Iy 
  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  ■■'■ 
  '^ 
  My 
  Carp 
  (which 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  Scale 
  

   variety) 
  continue 
  to 
  thrive 
  splendidly, 
  and 
  are 
  a 
  marvel 
  

   to 
  all 
  who 
  see 
  them— 
  especially 
  those 
  who 
  saw 
  them 
  

   when 
  I 
  first 
  procured 
  them 
  in 
  November 
  last 
  when 
  they 
  

   were 
  only 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  long 
  — 
  and 
  who 
  now 
  com- 
  

   pare 
  them. 
  Many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  from 
  fifteen 
  to 
  seventeen 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  six 
  to 
  seven 
  inches 
  in 
  breadth. 
  

   They 
  show 
  no 
  signs 
  as 
  yet 
  of 
  going 
  into 
  winter 
  quarters, 
  

   coming 
  for 
  their 
  food 
  regularly, 
  and 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  be 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  in 
  carrying 
  them 
  through 
  the 
  cool 
  weather 
  with- 
  

   out 
  their 
  resulting 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  habit. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  GEO. 
  C. 
  RIXFORD. 
  

  

  RossviLLE, 
  Md., 
  Nov. 
  3, 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Your 
  esteemed 
  iavor 
  received. 
  I 
  availed 
  myself 
  of 
  

   your 
  order 
  last 
  sj)ring 
  to 
  get 
  from 
  the 
  Fish 
  House 
  twenty 
  

   (20) 
  Carp. 
  They 
  are 
  doing 
  well 
  and 
  have 
  grown 
  finely. 
  

   From 
  their 
  appearance 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  ten 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  

   and 
  I 
  will 
  certainly 
  procure 
  my 
  quota 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   place 
  at 
  the 
  earliest 
  opportunity. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

   Truly 
  and 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  C. 
  TRUMP. 
  

  

  