﻿LXXXIX 
  

  

  days 
  ago 
  was 
  asked 
  to 
  step 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  see 
  the 
  

   fish 
  fed. 
  Mr. 
  O'Keefe's 
  little 
  boy, 
  Johnny, 
  gave 
  a 
  few 
  

   blasts 
  with 
  a 
  tin 
  horn 
  ; 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  bread 
  was 
  scattered 
  

   in 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  Carp 
  appeared 
  by 
  the 
  hundreds, 
  

   eagerly 
  seizing 
  the 
  bits 
  of 
  biscuit. 
  This 
  tish 
  is 
  quite 
  

   gentle, 
  seeming 
  to 
  care 
  but 
  little 
  for 
  our 
  presence, 
  and 
  

   even 
  coming 
  slyly 
  up 
  to 
  nibble 
  at 
  a 
  biscuit 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  

   hand. 
  Most 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  we 
  saw 
  were 
  about 
  live 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  both 
  larger 
  and 
  

   smaller 
  in 
  the 
  lake." 
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  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  Ranoocas 
  Stock 
  Farm, 
  

  

  JoBSTowN. 
  Burlington 
  Co., 
  N. 
  J., 
  

   January 
  10, 
  1881. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

   Enclosed 
  please 
  find 
  receipt 
  for 
  the 
  thirty-three 
  Carp 
  

  

  sent 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1879. 
  

  

  We 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  of 
  about 
  four 
  acres, 
  about 
  nine 
  

   feet 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  muddy 
  bottom. 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  

   see 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  during 
  1879, 
  but 
  this 
  spring 
  they 
  

   appeared 
  by 
  millions. 
  You 
  cannot 
  go 
  anywhere 
  around 
  

   the 
  pond 
  and 
  throw 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  crumbs 
  of 
  bread, 
  but 
  they 
  

   would 
  rise 
  in 
  clouds 
  for 
  it, 
  from 
  a 
  little 
  one 
  just 
  hatched 
  

   to 
  a 
  fish 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  inches 
  long. 
  AVe 
  gave 
  them 
  this 
  season 
  

   lettuce, 
  cabbage 
  and 
  other 
  vegetable 
  niatter 
  : 
  also 
  bread 
  

   crumbs 
  and 
  boiled 
  hominy. 
  The 
  larger 
  fish— 
  those 
  that 
  

   were 
  put 
  in 
  for 
  stock— 
  we 
  rarely 
  see 
  : 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  while 
  one 
  

   will 
  jump 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  I 
  should 
  judge 
  that 
  last 
  fall 
  

   they 
  were 
  about 
  10 
  inches 
  long. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  remain 
  

   closer 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  pond 
  than 
  the 
  small 
  ones. 
  Had 
  

   much 
  difficulty 
  in 
  killing 
  oft' 
  the 
  snapping 
  turtles, 
  and 
  

   large 
  bull-frogs, 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  pond 
  was 
  filled. 
  We 
  

   found 
  the 
  large 
  frogs 
  would 
  eat 
  the 
  fish. 
  There 
  are 
  now 
  

   enough 
  for 
  all 
  men 
  and 
  reptiles. 
  We 
  cut 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  

   ice 
  on 
  pond, 
  and 
  stick 
  in 
  a 
  bundle 
  of 
  straw, 
  for 
  ventila- 
  

   tion. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  fJlan 
  I 
  am 
  told 
  they 
  do 
  in 
  Germany. 
  

   Respectfully 
  yours, 
  P. 
  LORILLARD. 
  

  

  J. 
  W. 
  GRISWOLT), 
  Agent. 
  

  

  