﻿LXXXVIII 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  Witkowsky, 
  who 
  owns 
  the 
  tan-yard 
  on 
  the 
  old 
  

   Confederate 
  armory 
  property, 
  concluded 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  dam 
  

   and 
  clean 
  out 
  the 
  pond 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  introduce 
  

   his 
  new 
  German 
  Carp. 
  The 
  pond 
  contained 
  a 
  large 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  smaller 
  fish, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  Mr. 
  Witkowsky 
  

   hoped 
  to 
  find 
  his 
  four 
  Carp, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  jiut 
  into 
  th6 
  

   pond 
  last 
  May. 
  He 
  found 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  ; 
  but 
  to 
  his 
  

   astonishment 
  they 
  were 
  by 
  actual 
  measurement 
  twenty, 
  

   twenty-two 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  respectively. 
  

   The 
  fourth 
  escaped 
  through 
  the 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  dam. 
  These 
  

   Carp 
  were 
  but 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  inches 
  long 
  when 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  

   pond, 
  and 
  their 
  growth 
  is 
  remarkable." 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  

   FOREST 
  & 
  STREAM, 
  Dec. 
  9, 
  1880. 
  

  

  Illinois 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  

  

  Qfincy, 
  III., 
  Dec. 
  14. 
  1880. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  During 
  the 
  high 
  water 
  of 
  last 
  

   summer 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  our 
  Scaled 
  Carp 
  escaped 
  from 
  the 
  pond 
  

   into 
  a 
  little 
  overflow 
  near. 
  I 
  secured 
  them 
  again 
  about 
  

   ten 
  days 
  ago. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  measured 
  twelve 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  * 
  * 
  ^^ 
  * 
  

  

  Yours 
  truly, 
  S. 
  P. 
  BARTLETT. 
  

  

  Spencer, 
  Owen 
  Co., 
  Ind., 
  Dec. 
  26. 
  1880. 
  

   My 
  Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  My 
  five 
  Carp 
  went 
  into 
  winter 
  

   quarters 
  about 
  Nov. 
  10th. 
  I 
  estimate 
  their 
  weight 
  at 
  

   that 
  time 
  at 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  pounds. 
  I 
  regret 
  I 
  was 
  

   not 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  of 
  your 
  fall 
  distribution. 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  With 
  respect, 
  C. 
  FLETCHER. 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  one 
  who 
  has 
  never 
  witnessed 
  such 
  a 
  thing 
  before, 
  

   it 
  is 
  an 
  interesting 
  sight 
  to 
  see 
  fish 
  assemble 
  for 
  their 
  

   feed 
  at 
  the 
  sound 
  of 
  a 
  horn. 
  Arthur 
  O'Keefe 
  has 
  his 
  

   lake 
  stocked 
  with 
  the 
  rare 
  and 
  valuable 
  fish 
  known 
  as 
  

   the 
  German 
  Carp, 
  and 
  the 
  writer 
  being 
  on 
  hand 
  a 
  few 
  

  

  