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2. Chesapeake Bay, Patapsco River, Sassafras River, Sus- 
quehanna River, Bush, Gunpowder, Back, Chester, Magothy, 
Wye, Severn, South and West Choptank and Patuxent Rivers 
and numerous creeks. 
3. I have, but only in their season. 
4. In the month of May, and they are more abundant be- 
fore spawning than after. 
5. I have never kept such account. 
6. Ho conclusion can be arrived at yet, as it is too soon, in 
my opinion, to estimate the quantity. 
7. The permanent fish in our waters are mud-shad, rock, 
perch (white and yellow), pike, sun-fish, sturgeon, mullets, 
chub, eels and cat-fish. 
The transient fish are shad, herring, ale wives, taylors, sheep- 
head, porgies, trout, spots, flounders and Spanish mackerel. 
The permanent fish are best adapted to our waters. Shad, 
herring, alewives, taylors and mackerel are caught in abun- 
dance during their season, but the other transient fish specified 
are taken in limited numbers. The supply of fish is being 
constantly exhausted. 
8. I have not kept such account. 
9. The female is generally the larger. Have never caught 
a ripe female rock. 
10. Male predominates. Don’t know, as I have never 
noticed. 
11. Have caught rock weighing eighty-six pounds. I think 
a rock more than doubles its size every year. 
12. They are about the same. 
13. No. 
G. W. Jones, Baltimore City. 
1. Yes, for forty years. 
2. In Chesapeake Bay. 
3. I have studied the habits of fish. 
4. From 24th to 28th of April and up to 10th of June. 
5. Yes, the temperature of the water rises and falls, and the 
winds blow heavy and light. 
6. There is an increase in the shad this year. The people 
