25 pounds. The dead fish are so numerous that eagles are here after
them. I have received nine that have been shot here in the past two
seasons.

I have written you in order that the fish commissioners might stop this
nuisance and save the fish that they have taken so much pains to
propagate.

Truly yours,

Wm Hood, East Windsor Hill, Conn., October 13, 1879


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SAINT STEPHEN, March 1, 1880.

Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD
U. S. Commissioner Fish and Fisheries:

Dear Sir: I send you remarks in relation to the Restigouche and Saint
Croix Rivers, which, though crude, I am sure are quite correct, as they
are either taken from the official statistics, or are facts of which I
am myself cognizant. You may, if of use, publish any part of them.

I very much wish we could procure some young shad for the Saint Croix;
this fish was once very abundant, and perhaps would be again if
introduced. I know you have been very successful in restocking the
Connecticut. Our old people deplore the loss of the shad--say it was a