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Mr. E. Witkowsky, who owns tlie tan-yard on tlie old 

 Confederate armory property, concluded to cut the dam 

 and clean ont the pond in order that he might introduce 

 his new German Carp. The pond contained a large num- 

 ber of smaller fish, and among them Mr. Witkowsky 

 hoped to find his four Carp, which had been put into th6 

 pond last May. He found three of the fish ; but to his 

 astonishment they were by actual measurement twenty, 

 twenty-two and twenty-five inches in length respectively. 

 The fourth escaped through the cut in the dam. These 

 Carp were but two or three inches long when put in the 

 pond, and their growth is remarkable." * * * * 



FOREST & STREAM, Dec, 9, 1880. 



Illinois State Fish Commission, 



QuiNCY, III., Dec. 14, 1880. 

 Dear Sir : — 



^ * * * During the high water of last 

 summer a few of our Scaled Carp escaped from the pond 

 into a little overflow near. I secured them again about 

 ten days ago. One of them measured twelve and one 

 half inches in length. ^ * -^^ 4^ 



Yours truly, S. P. BARTLETT. 



Spencer, Owen Co., Ind., Dec. 26, 1880. 

 My Dear Sir : — 



* * * * My five Carp went into winter 

 quarters about Nov. 10th. I estimate their weight at 

 that time at two and a quarter pounds. I regret I was 

 not able to get some of your fall distribution. * * 



With respect, C. FLETCHER. 



' ' To one who has never witnessed such a thing before, 

 it is an interesting sight to see fish assemble for their 

 feed at the sound of a horn. Arthur O'Keefe has his 

 lake stocked with the rare and valuable fish known as 

 the Grerman Carp, and the writer being on hand a few 



