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ing about every month in the year, bat until the receipt of this report 

 from O'Neil, I did not suppose that there were any salmon that pass 

 through the hottest portion of the State for the purpose of spawning 

 during the hottest season of the year. It appears to me that these sal- 

 mon might be introduced into any of the southern rivers of the United 

 States and possibly into the Bio Grande. 



Should I receive further information I will forward it to you. 

 • I would like to know if you received the box, containing two red-fish, 

 from Idaho, packed in salt and sent to your address, at the Smithso- 

 nian Institute. 



Very respectfully, &c, 



B. B. BEDDING. 

 Prof. S. F. Baird, 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. CJ. 



