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  can 
  get 
  the 
  tish. 
  of 
  you 
  to 
  stock 
  it. 
  I 
  want 
  the 
  Scale 
  or 
  

   Leather 
  Carp 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  few 
  Mirror 
  Carp 
  for 
  the 
  old 
  pond. 
  

   I 
  shall 
  await 
  your 
  answer 
  before 
  commencing 
  my 
  new 
  

   pond. 
  Hope 
  to 
  hear 
  from 
  you 
  soon. 
  

  

  Yours 
  truly, 
  ' 
  J. 
  W. 
  LONG. 
  

  

  EXTRACT 
  FROM 
  CIRCULAR 
  48 
  RETT 
  RXED 
  BY 
  JAMES 
  G. 
  FIELD, 
  

   GORDONSVILLE, 
  ORANGE 
  CO., 
  VA. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1879 
  I 
  obtained 
  from 
  Col. 
  McDonald 
  of 
  

   your 
  office 
  thirty-two 
  German 
  Carp. 
  Sixteen 
  of 
  them 
  

   were 
  put 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Baker's 
  pond 
  and 
  sixteen 
  in 
  the 
  pond 
  

   of 
  my 
  mother-in-law, 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  control. 
  Last 
  fall 
  

   Mr. 
  Baker 
  found 
  that 
  his 
  tish 
  had 
  developed 
  very 
  rap- 
  

   idly. 
  He 
  succeeded 
  in 
  catching 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  and 
  found 
  

   them 
  to 
  weigh 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  lbs. 
  Last 
  month 
  my 
  daugh- 
  

   ter 
  and 
  a 
  friend 
  were 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  pond 
  of 
  my 
  mother- 
  

   in-law 
  and 
  caught 
  one 
  that 
  weighed 
  four 
  pounds. 
  Last 
  

   spring 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  Col. 
  McDonald 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  the 
  

   "Leather 
  Carp," 
  but 
  I 
  cannot 
  report 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  Next 
  month 
  I 
  will 
  get 
  a 
  seine 
  

   and 
  make 
  a 
  full 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  ponds 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Baker 
  

   and 
  of 
  my 
  own. 
  and 
  will, 
  if 
  you 
  desire 
  it, 
  report 
  fully 
  

   the 
  result. 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  very 
  much 
  to 
  have 
  copy 
  of 
  

   any 
  book 
  or 
  books 
  you 
  publish, 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  can 
  render 
  any 
  

   service 
  to 
  you. 
  will 
  most 
  cheerfully 
  do 
  it. 
  If 
  you 
  will 
  

   pardon 
  the 
  suggestion, 
  I 
  will 
  say, 
  that 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  small 
  

   fry 
  you 
  distribute 
  should 
  only 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  persons 
  who 
  

   have 
  private 
  ponds, 
  and 
  who 
  will 
  agree 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  

   fish 
  are 
  grown 
  they 
  will 
  turn 
  them 
  into 
  adjacent 
  streams. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  you 
  send 
  out, 
  if 
  put 
  directly 
  into 
  streams 
  and 
  

   large 
  ponds 
  full 
  of 
  Chub 
  fish. 
  Perch, 
  Cat, 
  &c., 
  will 
  all 
  

   be 
  destroyed 
  before 
  they 
  have 
  suflicient 
  size 
  and 
  strength 
  

   to 
  protect 
  themselves 
  or 
  escape 
  their 
  enemies. 
  

  

  May 
  16th. 
  1881. 
  JAMES 
  G. 
  FIELD. 
  

  

  Tne 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  experiments 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   years 
  have 
  shown, 
  conclusively, 
  that 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

  

  