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8. From 2 to 10 fathoms. 



9. No. 



10. Thiiteeu hundred thousand. 



11. Thirteeu hundred and forty-seven thousand. 



12. Tweuty-eight hundred. 



13. James & Co. 



14. Four millions. 



15. Length, 116 fathoms. 



16. One season. 



17. Yes ; a few bluefish and some Spanish mackerel. • 



18. Nine men. 



19. Southerly. 



20. As far as the Patuxent Eiver. 



Answers on board the next one visited off Rappahannock Spit: 



1. Thomas Bell. 



2. Baltimore. 



3. George P. Squires, post-office address, Whitestone, Va. 

 4„ Yes. 



5. Very small menhaden. 



6. Fifteenth of April ; Chesapeake Bay. 



7. Ten miles an hour outside the capes. 

 S. From five to seven fathoms. 



9. The most fish of this class I have seen for years. 



10. Twenty-three hundred thousand. 



11. Fifteen hundred thousand. 



12. Fifty-three hundred thousand, working three gangs. 



13. Bellows, Easquith, Squires & Co. 



14. Thirty-seven hundred thousand. 



15. Length, 115 fathoms. 



16. One season. 



17. Y'es ; occasionally tailors. 



18. Eleven men. 



19. Easterly. 



20. As far as Baltimore. 



"When approaching the coast, fish move very slowly ; when leaving, 

 very rapidly. Large fish full of ripe spawn were seen on the lOth of 

 October in the mouth of the Rappahannock Eiver." 



Answers on board the next one visited off Rappahannock Spit : 



1. Schooner Annie. 



2. Eappahannock. 



3. Edward Sommers. 



4. Yes. 



5. Very small menhaden. 



6. First of May ; Chesapeake Bay. 



7. Do not know. 



8. From 8 to 10 fathoms. 



