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iug. The salmon were put in at fonr points on Tanner's Creek, two wher© 

 the water was shallow, and two with considerable depth of water. We 

 opened holes in the ice for the deep planting. The ice was at least a 

 foot thick ; the water temperature was 33°. When the fry were liberated 

 by us they immediately begun to stem the current. 



Fine black bass are caught in Tanner's Creek. Numerous springs 

 feed this stream near Guilford. 



Dr. Vincent reports the capture of two fish of the 1874 shiiiment ; he 

 will correspond with regard to the progress of the present introduction 

 of salmon. 



ACC"Oi:VT OF A SHIPMENT, BY THE IHVITED STATES FISH COMMIS- 

 8IOIV, OF CALIFORNIA SA1.MON-FRV (ONCORHV-VCIIIIS CHOUICHA) 

 TO SOITHERIV LiOlISIANA, M'lTH A NOTE ON SOME COL,i.ECTIONS 

 MADE AT TICKFAW. 



By TARI^ETO]^ II. BEA]\. 



The young salmon which were destined for the Louisiana streams 

 were reared from the egg in Mr. F. N. Clark's hatchery at J^orthville, 

 Mich. On the 19th of December, 1870, Mr. Orriu P. Maxson and the 

 writer were instructed to carry 30,000 of these fry to the 7iangipahoa 

 and Xotalbany rivers. We took them in fifteen milk cans, and had two 

 reserve cans for water. Fifteen thousand of the salmon were consigned 

 to the Tangipahoa River, at Amite, in Mr. Maxson's care, and the rest 

 to the Xotalbauy liiver, near Tickfaw, 10 miles south of Amite and 

 about 50 miles north of New Orleans, on the Saint Louis, New Orleans 

 and Chicago Railroad. 



We left Northville at 2.15 p. m. on Tuesday. While in Toledo one of 

 the water cans sprung a leak. We were compelled to draw oft' the water 

 in pails and distribute some to the fish. We then took the can to a 

 hardware store and had it soldered. As the fish cans had too much 

 water in them, we drew oft' some and returned it to the water cans. 



Our route was by Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad to Cin- 

 cinnati, thence by Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington road and Lou- 

 isville Short Line to Milan, Tenn., and from there by Saint Louis, New 

 Orleans and Chicago road to our objective points. 



The only great delay occurred at Milan, where we waited from 4 a. m. 

 Thursday to 1.30 p. m., and here was experienced the only difficulty we 

 had with the fry. The high temperature of the air, as compared with 

 that of Northville, and the standing still, which seems to be particularly 

 injurious to salmon, combined to make them troublesome. Frequent 

 changes of water and aerating by pouring with dippers, however, brought 

 them under control. We found a supply of excellent ice, also, which we 

 used freely in the well water taken here. 



After leaving Milan there was no farther trouble with the fry beyond 

 the usual care accorded to them. Our stay in the baggage car was 

 attended, however, with some personal discomfort, owing to the pres- 



