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   GROWTH 
  OF 
  CAKP 
  IN 
  VIRGINIA. 
  

  

  GoRDONSViLLE, 
  Va., 
  February 
  4, 
  1881. 
  

   Col. 
  M. 
  McDonald, 
  

  

  Co 
  mm 
  Issioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  seventeen 
  Carp 
  which 
  you 
  gave 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   1879 
  are 
  doing 
  remarkably 
  well. 
  In 
  October 
  last 
  I 
  

   caught 
  four 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  growth 
  they 
  had 
  made. 
  

   They 
  weighed 
  from 
  two 
  and 
  three-quarters 
  to 
  nearly 
  

   four 
  pounds. 
  The 
  largest 
  one 
  only 
  lacked 
  about 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  ounceo 
  of 
  weighing 
  four 
  pounds. 
  1 
  am 
  satisfied 
  

   that 
  they 
  are 
  just 
  the 
  fish 
  for 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  

   am 
  sure 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  fish 
  suited 
  to 
  our 
  ponds. 
  

   General 
  Field 
  put 
  25 
  Carp 
  in 
  my 
  pond 
  some 
  time 
  since, 
  

   which 
  I 
  understand 
  were 
  intended 
  for 
  my 
  brother 
  who 
  

   has 
  lately 
  built 
  a 
  very 
  nice 
  pond. 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  at 
  home 
  at 
  

   the 
  time 
  and 
  suppose 
  General 
  Field 
  thought 
  they 
  were 
  

   intended 
  for 
  me. 
  I 
  take 
  great 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  fish-cul- 
  

   ture, 
  and 
  am 
  satisfied 
  you 
  are 
  doing 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  good 
  

   by 
  distributing 
  the 
  young 
  tish 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  

   Wishing 
  you 
  great 
  success 
  and 
  thanking 
  you 
  for 
  your 
  

   kindness, 
  I 
  am, 
  yours, 
  very 
  truly, 
  

  

  ^ 
  ' 
  H, 
  C. 
  BAKER. 
  

  

  Mt. 
  Morris, 
  Greene 
  Co., 
  Pa., 
  Feb. 
  15, 
  1881. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Baird. 
  

   Dear 
  Sir 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  doubtless 
  give 
  you 
  pleasure 
  to 
  learn 
  that 
  the 
  ten 
  

   Mirror 
  Carp 
  I 
  got 
  of 
  you 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  last 
  June 
  are 
  doing 
  

   finely 
  and 
  their 
  growth 
  is 
  wonderful. 
  AVhen 
  I 
  received 
  

   them, 
  they 
  were 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  five 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  

   when 
  last 
  seen 
  I 
  believe 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  fifteen 
  to 
  eighteen 
  

   inches 
  long. 
  I 
  failed 
  to 
  learn 
  the 
  sex 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  at 
  

   Washington. 
  I 
  received 
  your 
  order 
  late 
  last 
  fall 
  for 
  

   some 
  fish 
  at 
  Pittsburg. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  I 
  was 
  very 
  low 
  

   with 
  imfiammatory 
  rheumatism, 
  and 
  failed 
  to 
  get 
  them. 
  

   I 
  want 
  to 
  construct 
  another 
  pond 
  of 
  one 
  acre, 
  provided 
  I 
  

  

  