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May 15. Between 8.30 and 9.30 p. m. (38° 41' to 38° 51' north latitude, 
74° 16' to 74° 09' west longitude, 21 to 22 fathoms), Grampus saw eight 
or nine schools, some very large. At 9.45 a school about twice as long as 
the vessel was along- side. Between 11 and 12 p. in., twenty-four schools 
were seen. Between 12 and 2, five more were seen. All appeared to be 
working to northeast, some of them fast. The fish were only about 12 
miles southeast of the southern light ship (Five Fathom Bank), and 
we sailed through them for 10 miles. 
May 15. Six vessels joined the M. S. Ayer in Philadelphia, each of 
them having 200 barrels or more. 
Schooner Grampus saw multitudes of mackerel, alewives, etc., mixed, 
in north latitude 38° 41' to 38° 5V, west longitude 74° 16' to 74° 09', 21 
or 22 fathoms. The schooners Edward E. Webster and Warren J. 
Crosby were seen taking mackerel. 
May 17. Schooner John G. Whittier took 10 or 12 barrels of mack- 
erel, mixed with alewives in excess, off Five Fathom Shoal. Schooner 
Hattie L. Newman caught some mackerel, with abundant alewives, in 
the same locality. 
May 18. Captain Wilcox, steamer Alaska, seined 2 barrels of large 
mackerel off Shinnecock in 12 fathoms. 
Captain Cromwell, schooner Hattie Evelyn , saw a large body of fish 
about in north latitude 39° 2P, west longitude 73° 39', showing day 
and night and traveling north-northeast. 
May 19. Schooner Grampus saw numerous schools of fish from 6 to 
8 miles west-southwest from southern light ship on Five Fathom Bank, 
and many more at night not far from this locality. These were sup- 
posed to be menhaden. 
May 19. Captain Cromwell reports the fish working fast east-north- 
east to east-southeast. 
May 19 or 20. Schooner Margaret S. Smith took good mackerel north 
by east from the southern light-ship on Five Fathom Bank. 
May 20. Schooner Carrie E. Parsons reports plenty of mackerel 30 
miles southeast from Barnegat. 
Captain Cromwell was in about" 39° 56' north latitude, 72° 46' west 
longitude, 40 fathoms. The fish worked southeast ; eleven or twelve 
vessels were among them. After that they lost them. 
Captain Harty, schooner Israel J. Merritt , caught 189 barrels off Bar- 
negat. 
May 21. Numerous schools of fish were seen during the night from 
the Grampus. These were said to be mackerel and alewives. This was 
about in north latitude 39° 40', west longitude 73° 38'. 
May 21. Captain Harty took 125 barrels 25 miles southeast of Sandy 
Hook light-ship. They were from 11 to 13 inches long, and a large 
body of fish was in that vicinity. 
May 21. Plenty of fish are reported by pilot-boat No. 6 southeast of 
Barnegat, the light just awash. 
