384 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Question 9. Mr. Palmer says they are not good for pond culture ; ia it 

 so? 



Answer. In small artificial ponds their growth is less rapid than that 

 of brook trout. 



Question 10. Are they caught by angling f In what month I What 

 baits are employed ? 



Answer. They are taken with hook and line, mainly in May and June, 

 often in July, September, and the winter months. They will take bait 

 to some extent all mouths in the year. The usual baits are, in May, the 

 rind of salt jjork; in June, the artificial fly; in the winter, a small liv- 

 ing fish. 



189.— KEPOKT ON BI.ACK BASS SEIVT FBOm AMERICA TO OERMANY 



lis 18S3.* 



By MAX VON DEM BORR^E. 



Of the 7 wide-mouthed and 45 narrow-mouthed bass which Mr. Eck- 

 ardt, jr., brought from America in February, 18S3, the greater number 

 died, probably in consequence of the long journey, so that this spring 

 there remained only 3 of the former and 10 of the latter, which 1 placed 

 it two ponds, supplied %ith gravel beds for spawning. The 3 wide- 

 mouthed fish were ready to spawn, but the 10 narrow-mouthed ones will 

 not reach tbat condition until next year. The former are probably best 

 suited for the water of the lead region, such as I possess, and the latter 

 for stony bottoms. 



To day I had the pleasure of noticing in the pond containing the 3 

 wide-mouthed black bass a large number of young fish of shape entirely 

 unknown in these regions — small fish of a i)itch-black color, resembling 

 tadpoles. With a fine gauze catcher we caught more than 2,000 in 

 about au hour, and placed tliem in a jiond containing no fish whatever, 

 but a great number of diminutive crustaceans ( Flohlrebse). I have, 

 therefore, reason to hope that this importation has proved a success. 

 The 3 old fish have grown very rapidly, and have now reached half 

 an arm's length. 



I am waiting to hear from Professor Beneke relative to the use of the 

 diminutive crustaceans ( Flohlirebse). From Dubisch 1 have learned how 

 to raise enormous quantities of infusoria for fish-food. 



Beeneuchen, Germany, 1884. 



* Mittheilungen iiher hlackhasa. From Circular No. 4, 1884, of the Germau Fishery 

 Association, Berlin, June 30, 1884. Translated from the German by Herman Jacob 



SON. 



Note. — An account of the spawning of the black bass sent to von dem Borne in 

 1882 will be found on page 219. — Editor. 



