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River he was informed by a former resident of IsTorth Caro- 

 lina, who was perfectly familiar with the shad, that he had 

 seen schools of them in the White River, in every respect 

 undistinojuishable from those in his native state. From the 

 date, April 12, it would seem that the shad most probably 

 enter the Mississippi about the beginning of that month, 

 somewhat later than the period of their ascent of the rivers 

 of Florida and Georgia. 



SHAD IX THE SACRAMENTO IlIYER. 



According to the Sacramento Dcdly Record^ a veritable 

 shad was caught in that river, at Jackson's Ferry, on the 

 14th of March last, and, if so, was of course oTie of the first 

 fruits of the enterprise of the California State Commissioners 

 in the stocking of that river under the direction of Seth 

 Green. The fish was about twelve inches in length, and 

 weighed about a pound, and although not submitted to an 

 expert for identification, it was yet recognized as a true shad 

 by several persons who were familiar with this species in the 

 Eastern waters. 



Seth Green had ofiered a reward of |50 for the first shad 

 actually caught in said river, the fact to be decided by good 

 authority ; and the captors of the specimen referred to now 

 regret that they had not taken the necessary pains to sub- 

 mit it to such authority for identification. Sacramento Daily 

 Mecord. 



SHAD IX CALIFORXIA WATERS. 



The experiment initiated by the California Fish Commis- 

 sioners in 1871, with the assistance of Seth Green, in the way 

 of transporting young shad from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 

 has borne actual fruit, as it appears by an article in the 

 Rochester Daily TTnion^ quoted from the Yallejo Chronicle 

 of April 20, that a veritable shad was taken in a net at the 

 junction of Carquinez and Yallejo straits, opposite the Navy- 

 yard magazine. It was about sixteen or seventeen inches 

 long, and, if a genuine shad, was about two years old. The 

 sex is not given, although probably it was a male. We trust 

 that the specimen has been preserved, so that its actual identi- 

 fication may become possible. Subsequent accounts state that 

 on the 30th of April another shad was captured, and that on 



