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CHAPTER VII. 



NATURALIZATION OP FISHES. 



General remarks. SALMONID.E. The Brook Trout. Instances 

 of its naturalization. The Lake Trout. Mr. Robinson's letter on 

 its propagation. The Schoodic and Sebago Salmon. Extract con- 

 cerning its habits and propagation, from Maine Fish Commissioners' 

 Report. The Sea Trout of Canada. Advantages of naturalizing it. 

 The Grayling. New species found in Michigan. The White Fish. 

 Its excellence, habits, and manner of propagating. The Otsego 

 Bass. Not a bass. The Smelt. General remarks. PERCID.E. 

 The Rock Fish. The Crappie. The Black Bass of the Lakes. Its 

 adaptability to naturalization. The Black Bass of the West ana 

 South. Its introduction into the Potomac. Mr. Wright's score 

 of fish taken with the rod. Their naturalization in mill-ponds. 

 SILURID.S:. Small Species. Their excellence as food. Manner 

 of cooking them. Their proposed introduction into England. 

 CYPRINID^E. General remarks on. EsociD-as. Injurious results 

 from introducing them. 



I USE the term naturalization as the most appropriate in 

 reference to fishes which are to be introduced into a new 

 habitat. 



Not only in France and England is this branch of fish 

 culture claiming the consideration of thinking and enter- 

 prising persons, but in this country its great advantages 

 are beginning to be appreciated. The French govern- 

 ment and people have become aware of the value which 

 lies in hitherto waste and uncultivated waters, and, as I 



