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ing two days to his instruction as to the care of the eggs. He was de- 

 vot<?d and faithful in his attention, and although never having seen an 

 egg hatched before, and laboring under many disadvantages — high 

 temperature of water, &c. — he succeeded in saving 1,700 fish, which 

 number, the second week in April, I placed in the pond of Dr. Fahne- 

 stock, near Walhalla, who had kindly tendered me the use of it until 

 the necessary ponds can be constructed to keep them in. From these 

 fish I hope to obtain a stock from Avhich we will be able to supply the 

 streams of the mountain section of our State, which are well adapted 

 to the requirements of the California trout [ISalmo irideus). In additioBi 

 to this lot, in May I obtained 9,000 of the same trout from the Govern-- 

 meut, which were turned over to me by the United States messenger - 

 at Seneca, from which point I transported them in person a distance 

 of 25 miles over the mountains by private conveyance, and planted theui^ 

 in fine condition (with the exception of 1,000 lost en route from Wash- 

 ington) in the Ohatooga River, on the South Carolina and Georgia line. 



79 SHCAU FISHINO OIV THE EDBSTO KIVEB. 



By C. J. HUSKE, 

 /Superintendent of Fish and Fisheries of South Carolina. 



[From a letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



I have finished the season's work on Edisto River, having taken a total 

 of 440,000 eggs, from which I released 334,000 fry, all in fine condition. 

 This is less than one-half of last year's product; but still with the small 

 plants 1 am able to make the fishermen say they are now taking fish 

 that were planted by us. At least 1,000,000 eggs were lost by a de- 

 ficiency of buck fish, which deficiency was caused by the large size 

 mesh used by the gillers. There is one seine beach on the river, which 

 if I can fish myself, I am satisfied I can increase the take of eggs to 

 2,000,000 a season. This in a few years should make Edisto Eiver a 

 good station. This is my only hope. The cost of the season's work at 

 present is about $300. 



In view of the small number of eggs that we can get in the State, we 

 are compelled to fallback on the generosity of the Government Commis- 

 sion for our supply for other rivers. Will it be practicable for you to 

 furnish me with the eggs, sent by express to Columbia, instead of the 

 fry that South Carolina usually received ? I see that you made suc- 

 cessful shipments of shad eggs to Korth Carolina last season. If you 

 can send me three or four hundred thousand a week, I can hatch them 

 out here and i)lant them in Congaree Eiver. 



Columbia, S. C, April 8> 1884. 



