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at Burlington, Vermont, 50,000 young shad obtained at Seth 

 Green's shad-hatching establishment at Castleton. Mr. Green 

 himself has also just introduced another 50,000 shad into 

 Lake Champlain, at Whitehall, and the two lots will make a 

 very fair beginning of the experiment as to whether shad can 

 subsist in this lake. It is by no means certain that shad as 

 well as salmon will not thrive and multiply in large inland 

 lakes cut off from the ocean ; but if a journey to the sea be 

 necessary, there will be no difficulty in the shad making their 

 way down to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Their return, how- 

 ever, may perhaps be impeded by at least one dam on the 

 Sorel River, the outlet of the lake. 



STOCKING CALIFORNIA WITH SHAD. 



The Fish Commissioners of California, Messrs. Throckmor- 

 ton, Farwell, and Redding, lately determined to send East to 

 obtain 50,000 shad spawn for planting in the San Joaquin 

 River. The experiment of introducing these fish into the 

 Sacramento last year was considered sufficiently successful to 

 warrant the effort. In addition to shad, they also propose 

 this season to place eels and black bass in the lakes in the 

 vicinity of San Francisco, and lobsters in San Francisco Bay. 

 San Francisco Bulletin, June 7, 1872. 



TRANSFERRING SHAD TO THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. 



We find in the New York Citizen a report by Mr. Seth 

 Green of his experiences in attempting to transfer young 

 shad from the Hudson River to the Sacramento, a brief no- 

 tice of which we have already given to our readers. The 

 experiment was initiated on the 19th of June, 1871, by start- 

 ing with 12,000 young fish placed in four eight-gallon milk- 

 cans. These had been hatched the night before at the New 

 York State establishment. At Cleveland Mr. Green placed 

 200 shad in Lake Erie, and the same number in Lake Michi- 

 gan, at Chicago. 



In crossing the continent Mr. Green experienced great dif- 

 ficulty in procuring water of a proper temperature and qual- 

 ity, but succeeded in reaching Sacramento with his charge in 

 fair condition, having placed 200 fish in the river at Ogden. 

 From Sacramento he proceeded 275 miles up the river, where 

 he found the physical conditions to be suitable, and in the 



