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William Fletcher, Wicomico County. 
1. I have for thirty years. 
2. In the Wicomico Fiver. 
3. I have. 
4. They are more abundant about the last of April and the 
first of May than at any other time. 
5. I do not. 
6. The catch of shad was larger this year than for several 
years previous. I attribute the increase to the operations of 
the Fish Commission. 
7. Shad, herring, rock, perch, pike, mullet, sun-perch, roach 
or butter-head, and cat-fish. Shad, herring, rock and perch 
are the principal fish caught in our river, and I think that 
they, with the black bass, are best adapted to our waters. 
8. I have kept no account of fish sold, but think about 
one-eighth was rock, three-eighths shad, and the balance her- 
ring and small fish. 
9. I have. 
10. I have. It is a fact. 
11. Forty pounds. I know nothing of their growth. 
12. They differ in size. I know nothing of their growth. 
13. I think not. 
Levin Malone, Wicomico County . 
1. I have for twenty years. 
2. In the Wicomico Fiver. 
3. I have. 
4. They are more abundant about the last of April and the 
first of May than at any other time. 
5. I do not. 
6. The catch of shad was larger this year than for several 
years previous. I attribute this increase to the work of the 
Fish Commission. 
7. Shad, herring, rock, perch, pike, mullet, roach and cat- 
fish. Shad, herring, rock and perch are the principal fish 
caught in our river, and I think that they, with the black 
bass, are best adapted to our waters. 
