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posits her eggs on the underside of submerged aquatic plants, only 

 an inch or two under the surface of the water. The Carp is extre- 

 mely tenacious of life, but flourishes in shallow lakes with muddy 

 bottom and partly filled with vegetation. We have numerous lakes 

 of this discription where the bass will not thrive, but where all 

 the conditions are favorable for the healthy development of the 

 Carp. I look with great hope in that direction. Prof. Baird will 

 secure abundance of Carp spawn as soon as it is proven that we can 

 manage them artificially. When you can go with hook and line 

 and bag ten pound specimens of that most desirable fish, the carp, 

 then you will feel like thanking the men who have so persistently 

 persevered in investigating every condition that can secure benefits 

 so great. These waters that now produce so slender a supply of 

 ordinary fish, then will teem with the best; such as but few men 

 can now afford to eat. 



