BULLETIN OF itiE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 4-53 



The winter of 1884-85 was very lou.-x and cold, and Wiough the ice was 

 frequently cut, the holes quickly froze over. When the ice melted in 

 spring- tlie water was almost covered with dead fish, thousands havin;j: 

 died from suffocation. Amon.a^ the larj^est were a black bass, lOi inches 

 long, and weighing, when found, 3 pounds; a crai)pie, 15i inclies long, 

 same weight; and a jack-salmon {Stizostediuin), 14^ inches long. 



Atlantic salmon taken in Potomac Riveii. — About June 10, 

 1S8.J, a fish was taken at Mattawoman Point, on the Potomac Eiver, 

 Avhich proved to be the regular Atlantic salmon. As it was probably 

 the first ever seen from the Potomac, the specimen is of great scientific 

 interest. [From letter of Professor Baird to ]Mr. William E. Stuart, 

 June 14, 1885.] 



Connecticut Eiveh j^almon. — The first Connecticut Iviv^er salmon 

 of 1886 was received at Fulton Market the first week in February. It 

 weighed 19-J pounds and retailed at $1.75 per pound, making $34.12 

 for the whole fish. 



Landlocked salmon eggs fkom Lake Sunapee. — Mr. Elliott 

 B. Hodge, superintendent of the State hatchery at Plymouth, N. H., 

 writing on January 5, 1886, says : " 1 took a few thousand landlocked 

 salmon eggs this fall from fish taken in Sunapee Lake. I think that 

 these are the first eggs taken from these fish in waters that have been 

 artificially stocked with them." 



On December 9, 1885, a landlocked salmon was speared in Squam 

 Eiver, 34 inches in length, 9 inches in depth, and weighing 15 pounds. 

 The fish was a male, and when taken was in poor condition, while in 

 September the same fish would have weighed nearly 20 pounds. Much 

 larger ones have been captured in Squam Lake. This illustrates the 

 extraordinary growth of landlocked salmon in New Hampshire, where 

 they have been a success in all waters adapted to their habits. 



American tkout in Norway. — In the years 1882-'83 the Norwe- 

 gian inspector of fisheries imported, at the public expense, a parcel of 

 ova of the American trout ( Salmo fontinalis), with a view to introduce 

 this fish into Norwegian waters, and the result has been so satisfactory 

 that last autumn one of the hatching establishments near Christiauia 

 had some 30,000 young fish to offer for sale, which were then about two 

 and a half years old. The result aiipears to have been welcomed with 

 great satisfaction in Norway, as it proves that this fish is capable of in- 

 creasing in almost stagnant waters, where the Norwegian trout cannot 

 exist, though its size is smaller. As an example of the success of this 

 experiment it may be mentioned that the Norwegian inspector of fish- 

 eries. Prof. A. Landmark, of Christiania, offers these ova at 10 shillings 

 per thousand. [From Nature, April 29, 1880.J 



Large catfish. — We catch an occasional cattish in the Missouri 

 Eiver of great size. I saw one that weighed 110 pounds. [F. W. Avery, 

 Eichland, Dak. J 



