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BULLETIN OE THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
the mouth of the river downstream to a rocky point three-quarters of a mile 
westward. After a seine haul is made the live fish are bailed into two live-cars, 
composed of old dories and skiffs with square ports cut between each frame, over 
which galvanized wire netting of H-inch mesh is stretched. Two men in another 
boat then tow the live-cars across to the corrals, where the fish are tallied out. It 
has been observed that it is much better to impound the stock fish, especially early 
in the season, in a large inclosure. When first taken they are exceedingly restless, 
chafing under restraint, and if closely confined soon become scarred and bruised, 
causing fungoid growths to appear quickly. The nearer the adult fish approaches 
maturity the more quiet it becomes. 
The corrals are two in number, and cover an area of about 3 acres, the East 
Corral being about twice as large as the West. At high high water there are about 
10 feet of water at the outer edge of the corrals and at the inshore edge about 2 or 3 
feet; the rise and fall here, extreme range, is about 5 feet. The corral fences are 
composed of wire and cotton netting, the latter above, stretched between piles and 
stands of old iron pipe. Everything but the piling is removed after spawn-taking 
ceases for the season; the piles are secured after the ice loosens them in the winter 
and are then hauled ashore. 
The mortality of the fish seined is greatest in the corrals, as they receive the 
roughest treatment in the process of first capture. In discharging the live-cars into 
the East Corral the cars are brought bodily inside the inclosure through a movable 
panel, after which the fish are dumped out. At the West Corral the cars are towed 
alongside an opening above the water line and the fish dipped over from the outside. 
In taking fish from the corrals for the ripening ponds the seine is again employed, 
the one used being about 12 fathoms in length. This is hauled into the shoal water 
off the lower end of the tramway; four large floating cribs of slats are then secured 
to the cork line outside, two being for bucks and two for females. The fish are 
then picked out of the net as tenderly as possible and examined; if too green they 
are passed back into the corral. When the cribs have been filled with a sufficient 
number they are hauled alongside the tramway and the fish dipped out into a car, 
previously filled with fresh water, in which they are transported to the pond pre- 
pared for them and there left to ripen. When fish which are quite or nearly ripe 
are secured they are taken care of separately. A number of fish nearly ripe are 
often taken with the incoming tide from the No. 4 pond, finding their way through 
the wasteway as the water rises. 
The tramway is about 200 yards long and leads from the hill near the tank- 
house in a straight line, crossing several ponds en route, to the lagoon beach near 
the eastern end of the East Corral. It is a gravity road, built of plank, and its chief 
purpose is the hauling of stock fish to the upper ripening-ponds. Two strongly 
built cars, connected by a manila cable, are used, one at each end of the line. After 
the lower car. which is much smaller, has been filled with water and live fish the 
larger one at the upper end is loaded, also with water, its greater weight hauling 
the lower car to the upper ripening-pond, No. 9, midway of the tramway, where the 
two cars meet. Intermediate stops, as required, are made at the lower ponds. After 
discharging the fish from the lower car enough water is drawn from the larger one 
to change the preponderance of weight, and the cars then resume their original 
