136 REPORT OF C0MMIS8I0NER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [20] 



Answers on board the next one visited : 



1. Steamer Quickstep. 



2. New London, Conn. 



3. P. H. Beckwith. 



4. Yes ; take them every day. 



5. Small menhaden. 



6. On 26th of April, both mackerel and menhaden ; mackerel off 

 Cape Henry ; menhaden off capes of the Delaware. 



7. About 25 miles in 24 hours. 



8. Shoal water in the spring ; deep water in the fall. 



9. Sharks are very troublesome to us, and are seen in plenty. 



10. Thirty-five hundred thousand. 



11. Seven millions. 



12. Fifteen hundred thousand. 



13. Luce Brothers. 



14. New factory ; first season. 



15. Length, 160 fathoms ; mesh, 2| inches. 



16. One season. 



17. Yery seldom ; sometimes small bluefish.^ 



18. Twenty-six men ; two gangs. 



19. Southerly and westerly. 



20. As far as Eeedy Island. 



" The fishing-ground is outside of the Capes. There is too much tide 

 inside for purse-fishing. Mackerel sharks are most common, but some 

 sand sharks are seen here. The most common food-fishes caught here 

 are weakflsh caught in stake-traps, and shad inljiets." 



Answers on board the next one visited : 



1. Steamer Samuel S. Brown. 



2. Mystic, Conn. 



3. James Linen. 



4. Tes ; take them every pleasant day. 



5. Small menhaden. 



6. On 10th May; mackerel at Cape Hatteras; menhaden at Cape 

 Henry. 



7. Mne miles in tw^enty-four hours. 



8. From 4 to 10 fathoms. 



9. Small and large fish do not as a rule run together. 



10. Two and a half millions. 



11. Four millions. 



12. Eight hundred thousand. 



13. S. S. Brown & Co. 



14. New this season. 



15. Length, 160 fathoms. 



16. One season. 



17. Very few. 



18. Twenty-five men ; two gangs. 



