XX -REPORT OF OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA IN 1873. 



By Livixgstox Stone. 



A— CLEAR LAKE. 



1. — FIELD-WORK IN THE WINTER OF 1872-73. 



On the 1st of January, 1873, at which date my last report closes, I 

 was at San Francisco, making observations in regard to the fish and 

 fishing of the Sacramento, and intending, in a few days, to go to Oregon 

 to look for a suitable location on the Columbia Eiver for obtaining a 

 supply of eggs of the salmon of that river. 



A succession of storms on the Pacific coast deferred my departure 

 from San Francisco for this purpose, and, while waiting for fair weather 

 and an outward-bound steamer, advices were received by telegraph, 

 stating that a large number of white-fish eggs were on their way to 

 California from the great lakes. 



At the same time, Mr. S. E. Throckmorton, the chairman of the Cali- 

 fornia fish-commission, requested me to assist Mr. John G. Woodbury, 

 then in the employ of the State commission, in selecting a favorable site 

 for hatching the white-fish eggs on their arrival, and for depositing the 

 young fish when hatched. 



In compliance with the requirements of this new turn of affairs, I 

 abandoned my plan of going to the Columbia, and, on the 10th of Janu- 

 ary, took the cars for Clear Lake, Lake County, California, one hundred 

 and twenty miles north of San Francisco, having in view the objects 

 just mentioned. 



2. — CHARACTER OF CLEAR LAKE. 



After two or three days spent in examination of various waters, it 

 was decided, on the 15th of January, to locate the hatching-works for 

 the white-fish eggs at Kelsey Mills. 



These mills are situated on Kelsey Creek, a tributary of Clear Lake, 

 and are three miles above Kelseyville, Lake County, and six miles from 

 the outlet of Kelsey Creek into Clear Lake. 



The water-supply was taken by a pipe from the flume of the mill, and 

 was ample. The hatching- works were in every way satisfactory. 



Owing to the difficulty of obtaining moss in the Eastern States in 

 midwinter, the first lot of white-fish eggs forwarded from the East 

 were packed in sponges. 



