BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 235 
I learned from Captain Thomas, of the fishing-schooner Maud that 
on May 10, in latitude 37° 07' 1ST. and about longitude 74° 40' W., 
he took 47 barrels of mackerel. These fish were apparently a part of 
the same body of mackerel seen on that date in latitude 38° 10', which 
would convey the idea that the schooling fish covered something over a 
degree of latitude. 
!j On May 19 the weather was clear and fine. At 9 a. m., got under 
way, but on account of light wind we were compelled to anchor again ; 
1.20 p. m. got under way with a light east-southeast wind which hauled 
to south-southwest', and after passing Cape Henlopen we steered east 
| by south £ south. Passed eight schools of menhaden between 6.40 and 
8 p. m., about 18 miles off shore. Put out the small towing net in the 
evening and took an abundance of Crustacea and other objects which 
we supposed to be fish eggs. 
May 20 began with a gentle breeze from south-southwest to south- 
west, with foggy weather. Put out the small towing net and collected 
a lot of Crustacea and some fish eggs. At 6.15 a. m ., hove to and u tried” 
for mackerel with u toll-bait,” also put out hand-lines baited with fresh 
dams for bottom fish, but got nothing. Our position was lat. 38° 42' N., 
long. 70° 3P W. (lot under way again at 7.55 a. m. ; saw fish schooling 
some distance from the vessel at 11 a. m., but could not determine the 
species. Changed our course to northeast by east at 2 p. m. The fog 
lifted at 5.50 p. in., and we saw fishing-vessels to the northeast of us. 
Put out the large and small towing nets and took some small fish in the 
former and an abundance of Crustacea in the latter (lat. 38° 50' K, 
long. 74° 06' W). At 8 p. m. the fog set in and the vessel was hove to 
for the night, with head sails to windward. 
The following day (May 21) the wind was from southwest to west, 
accompanied by foggy weather until 3 p. m. Got under way at 3.25 
a. m., steering northeast by east. Spoke with a pilot-boat at 11 a. m., 
and was informed that there were plenty of mackerel off shore 14 to 20 
miles southeast of Barnegat. We ran on the northeast by east course, 
16 miles $ changed to north-northeast, and sailed 14 miles, and then 
stood to the north by west for 13 miles. Spoke with the fishing-schooner 
Margaret Smith, of Portland, at 5 p. in., steering to the eastward, and 
told her captain what I had learned from the captain of the pilot-boat ; 
she afterwards changed her course to the northward. Between 9.30 
and 10.30 p. m. we passed through about twelve schools of fish. At 
10.30 p. m. hove to for the night under mainsail, and set one mackerel 
and one herring gill-net at the surface (lat. 39° 40' IN., long. 73° 38' W). 
The wind on May 22 was moderate from southwest to west-southwest, 
with foggy weather. Hauled the nets and found three male and one 
female branch alewives in them. At 8 a. in., used the small towing net 
(lat. 39° 43' N., long. 73° 49' W.), took a small quantity of entomostraca. 
Surface annelids were taken in a dip net about the same time. At 8 
a. m., we stood to the northwest, and at 9.45 a. m. hove to and u threw” 
