CONTENTS. XLIX 



APPENDIX B -Continned. Page. 



XIX. On* tiie transportation of shad for long distances— Continued. 



G. Apparatus for hatching shad-ov.i while en route to new waters. By Fred Mather 372 



XX. Report of operations in California in 1873. By Livingston Stone 377 



A. Clear Late 377 



1. Field-work in the winter of 1872-'73 377 



2. Character of Clear Lake 377 



3. List of fishes inhabiting the lake 378 



4. The condition of the fish in Clear Lake at different seasons 380 



B. Sacramento River 382 



1. Character of fishing on the Sacramento 382 



C. California aquarium-car 385 



D. Overland journey with live shad 390 



1. Preparation for the trip 390 



2. The start 390 



3. The apparatus 391 



4. The care of the fish 391 



5. Journal of the trip 395 



6. Experiments to ascertain the character of the water 400 



7. Stations affording supplies of water 401 



8. Temperature of the water in the cans 401 



9. Conclusion 401 



E. McCloud River station i 402 



1. Catching the parent salmon 40:3 



2. Confining the salmon 405 



3. The Indian sentiment in regard to catching the salmon 408 



4. Spawning the fish 410 



5. The hatching-apparatus 4 1 1 



6. Hatching the eggs 415 



7. Packing and shipping the eggs 419 



8. The method of packing discussed 420 



9. Cost of the eggs 420 



10. Journal of overland trip with salmon-eggs 421 



11. Distribution of salmon-eggs 423 



F. Catalogue of collections sent to the Smithsonian Institution in 1873 424 



G. A list of McCloud Indian words, supplementary to a list contained in the report of 



1872. By Livingston Stone 128 



XXI. Hatching and distribution of California salmon 4ru 



A. Report on California salmon-spawn hatched and distributed. By J. H. Slack, M. D 431 



B. Hatching and distribution of California salmon in tributaries of Great Salt Lake. By A. 



P. Rockwood 434 



XXII. Report of operations during 1874 at the United States salmon-hatching estab- 

 lishment on the McCloud River, Cal. By Livingston Stono 437 



Introduction 437 



Table of consignment of salmon-eggs according to order of shipments 441 



Cost of the eggs 443 



Camp-buildings, &c 443 



The hatching-apparatus 444 



The fish and the fishing 445 



The taking and ripening of the eggs 447 



Packing the eggs 448 



The overland journey of the eggs 44& 



Life in camp 459 



Our neighbors 466 



Game 468 



Extracts from journal . , 4t>8 



Tables of temperature 471 



Catalogue of collections sent to Smithsonian Institution, contributed in 1874 474 



Second California aquarium-car 477 



XXIII. Correspondence relatlng to the San Joaquin River and its fishes 479 



XXIV. The Atlantic Salmon, (Salmo salar) 485 



A. Report on the collection and distribution of Penobscot salmon in l£73-'74 and 1874-'75. 



By C.G.Atkins 485 



1. Methods 485 



2. Purchase of breeding-salmon j 486 



S. Development and distribution 488 



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