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men, with their nets, and sent to market, while the smaller fry — 
were left to perish on the shore, or, when the holes dried up, to be 
frozen to death by the increasing severity of the winter. 
Inste aa of permitting this terrible waste of valuable material, the a 
commissioners made arrangements for saving a greater : 
these little fish, and for distributing them throughout the waters 
this State, whenever they are needed or can be used a 
In this way they have te what bids fair to be a xhausti- 
ble supply of fish that have heretofore defied the eE) art.” . i” 
This grand supply ground has been, by vote of the Canal Com- a 
missioners, placed entirely at the disposal of the Fish Commis- 
sioners. 
~ The Fish Commissioners have also received authority from the 
Park Commissioners to use the ponds in Central Park for the pur- 
pose of experimenting on foreign fresh water fishes with the hope 
of introducing valuable species to this country. With this end 
in view they have started the experiment with the carp, 80 
extensively used for food in Europe, Mr. Frank Buckland, the 
English Fish Commissioner, having promised his services. Mr. 
Roosevelt’s letter to Mr. Buckland, however, shows that the New 
York Commissioners are not very well informed as to ! 
ENESA eiA as the oaee extract will exhibit. 
Perhaps in ji next report we shall be informed what anti 
fishes are intended under the names of the carp of all the eastern 
waters, and the little known western carp that has never been 
scribed scientifically! As there are no species of the true carp 
genera (Oh? ed Gren) ingens to Norte AE 
*There are two distinct species of fisi own as tga Europe. pr 
to F 
of fishes kn 
carp, Cyp degt 8 Linn., which isa native of Asia and w 
has always been 
eties and hybrids, pened rien nese of the early writers. 
is the Carassius ee ee a caraseius of Linnæus. This 
called the “ Crucian ” or Crucian Carp, ete., and is a native of 
Gold fish or Golden carp, Carassius auratus, which has been in 
and domesticated in all civilized countries 
