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formed by au iutelligeut man much interested in carp-raisiuo- that 

 many of the eggs of his carp had been eateu by tadpoles, after tlie hiud 

 legs of these tadpoles had begun to be pretty well developed, but be- 

 fore they lost their tails. 



Hatching brook trout eggs tn Rhode Island. — On June 1, 

 188G, Mr. Henry T. Eoot, one of the fish commissioners of iibode Isl- 

 and, writing from Providence, reported that the 10,000 brook trout eggs 

 forwarded from Northville, Mich., had been hatched in a pure spring 

 stream at Carolina, E. I., giving a trifle over 80 per cent of very strong 

 fish, w^hich were distributed in the waters of Rhode Island without any 

 loss. Tbe hatching record was as follows : 



Date. 



1886. 



January 28 



January 30 



February 1 



February 3 



February 5 



February 7 



February 9 



February 11 



February 13 



February 15 



February 17 



February 19 



February -1 



February 23 



February ^5 .... 

 February 27 



March 1 . . 

 March 3 . . 

 Alarcb 5 . 

 March 10. 

 March 13 . 

 March 15. 

 March 18. 

 March 22. 

 March 26. 

 March 29. 

 April 3... 

 April 9... 

 April 15.. 

 April 20.. 



188G. 



Total.. 



A LARGE American brook trout in England.— A very large 

 American brook trout [Sal'velinns fontinalis) was taken in England, on 

 April 19, 1886, in the ponds of Mr. Basset, of Tehidy, near Camborue. 

 It was 25 inches long and 7 inches deep, and weighed 9^ pounds, being 

 one of a lot with which Mr. Basset stocked his ponds some nine years 

 ago. This one was taken on a ground-line, but the fish is said to give 

 excellent sport when taken on a trolling bait, and it is an exceedingly 

 voracious feeder. The knowledge that the brook trout can attain so 

 great a size in a mere pond in England will probably be a surprise to 

 many, as the weight recorded has rarely been exceeded anywhere. 

 [From Forest and Stream, :N'ew York, May 27, 1886.] 



A large California salmon.— On May 25, 1886, a large salmon 

 arrived in New York from the Columbia River, and lay on the slabs of 

 Mr. E. G. Blackford in Fulton Market, labeled " The largest salmon 

 ever caught." It then weighed 64 pounds, but it is said to have weighed 

 72 pounds when taken. 



Cheap mackerel.— Mr. Eugene G. Blackford made the following 

 statement before the United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, in 

 March, 1886: 



"About the first of April (last year) the mackerel fleet struck an iiu- 

 mense school of fresh mackerel, and they all loaded u)) and came into 



