64 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



est decre.ase of all, as I have said, is in the shad and herring. At the 

 time named above it was not uncommon to take at a single haul fish 

 estimated at from two to three hundred thousand. Of course they were 

 not counted, for they were unmanageable. I^ow from ten to twenty 

 thousand is considered a great haul. 

 December 22, 1875. , 



37.-EFFORTS IIV TKOUT-CriiTURE. 



By B. F. BO^^EI.1.. 



For nearly two years I have been experimenting in trout-culture a 

 little near Portland, Oreg., and I have great hopes of making the busi- 

 ness profitable after a while. I have a large spring within 4 miles of 

 Portland, that offers 54 inches of water under a 6-inch pressure. The 

 water is 49° F. at the springs and 52° in the ponds at the hottest time 

 in August. 



I have the Silver and Eainbow trout, and I am mixing them, and I 

 would be glad to get some of the German saiblings. 



Jacksonville, Oreg., Novemler 7, 1883. 



38.— NOTES ON TME SCOTCH FISIIERBES. 

 By T. F. KOBEBTSOIV €ARR. 



[From a letter to Capt. J. W. Collius.] 



A 6 foot Greenland shark was caught last week on an Eyemouth line. 

 The species Heamargus horealis rarely travels into these latitudes. A 

 gentleman cruising at the mouth of the Tay counted over 90 seals on a 

 bank there. This, also, is an unusual sight. A haddock 30 inches in 

 length, 18 inches girth, and weighing 10 pounds, was landed by a Stone- 

 haven boat. Haddock of this size were, some years ago, iilentiful, but 

 are now rarely to be seen. Both trawlers and line fishermen have had 

 heavy catches of cod, ling, haddock, and Hat fish. Both as to size and 

 quality, all are agreed that this season's fish are rarely sur^^assed.* 



Edinburgh, Scotland, Fehruary 12, 1884. 



* The last paragraph is all the more interesting at this time wheu so much testi- 

 niouy has been given by Scottish fishermen to the Royal Commission to show that 

 trawling is destroying all kinds offish and breaking np the fisheries. — J. W. C. 



