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[Verso]

should obtain specimens of
the Whitefish in certain lakes
or other waters in which these
fish can be readily captured; and
that these specimens should be
sent to me by Express, together with
the dates, and the lake out or [?]
in which they were caught-- and
twenty females from each lake
is precise the quota to be [?] as
I would that a
proportion of this number be [?]
say 2/3 females and 1/3 males
so that way the development of the
procreative organs of both sexes
will be equally shown and the
desired results more fully estab-
lished.

In all other matters the
suggestions sent you from Ottawa
are full, and require no further
comment from me. Should you
however desire any information
from me that I may be [?]
to give, to aid you in carrying
out the wishes of the Dept. be kind
enough to write me, and I will
cooperate with you in the
[?].

[?]

[Recto]
have died from the extreme [scarcity?]
of the food which formed [?] [?] [?] the
[?] [?] of the [?] - to few
[?] did Europe
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[Verso]

should obtain specimens of
the Whitefish in certain lakes
or other waters in which these
fish can be readil captured; and
that these specimens should be
sent to me by Express, together with
the dates, and the lake out or [?]
in which they were caught-- and
twenty females from each lake
is precise the quota to be [?] as
I would that a
proportion of this number be [?]
say 2/3 females and 1/3 males
so that way the development of the
procreative organs of both sexes
will be equally shown and the
desired results more fully estab-
lished.

In all other matters the
suggestions sent you from Ottawa
are full, and require no further
comment from me. Should you
however desire any information
from me that I may be [?]
to give, to aid you in carrying
out the wishes of the Dept. be kind
enough to write me, and I will
cooperate with you in the
[?].

[?]

[Recto]
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