BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES EISH COMMISSION. 423 



140.- AMERICAN FISH IN FRANCE.* 



By C. RAVEKET-WATTEL. 



During 1884 valuable shipments of the eggs of different species of 

 salmon have been sent lo Fiance both by Prof. Spencer F. Baird, United 

 States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, and by the German Fish-Cult- 

 ural Society. Three thousand eggs of the Salmo iridens, or rainbow 

 trout of California, were forwarded to our society from the establish- 

 ment at Northville, Mich., according to the kind instructions of Professor 

 Baird. I need not recount here the good qualities of the rainbow trout, 

 whose beauty, vigor, and rapid growth make this species a valuable 

 acquisition to our waters. Owing to the shipments due to the liberality 

 of the U. S. Fish Commission and also to importations made at the same 

 time by one of our members, the trout from the streams of California 

 are rapidly becoming acclimated in France. 



Very satisfactory reports are received concerning the acclimatization 

 of California salmon {ISalmo quinnat). According to information given 

 by Dr. Maslieurat-Lagemard, general counselor of the department of 

 Creuse, this salmon seems to have already spawned in the Gartempe 

 River, while on the other hand Professor Valdry-Mayet, of the Agricult- 

 ural College of Montpellier, reports that some of this species have been 

 caught in the Aude and the He rau It River, where the common salmon 

 is never fouud. . 



iii.rnriRi: of landlocked and pe>ob«ot baeiuon ift 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 By !•:. B. HODGE. 



[Letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



The landlocked salmon in many of our lakes have grown to an ex- 

 traordinary size. I measured one the other day (mounted) 33 inches 

 long; weight, 12 pounds when caught; could not have been over seven 

 years old. Another of 15 pounds weight was caught in Squam Lake, 

 same age. Many others from 5 to 9 pounds have been reported to me 

 by reliable persons. We have, in connection with Massachusetts, made 

 a heavy plant of Penobscot salmon in the Pemigewasset River, which 

 is the headwaters of the Merrimac. The largest fish that I have taken 

 at the hatchery here was in last July — length, 42 inches; weight, 33 

 pounds; female. The spring run was all large fish; we have planted 

 as follows: 1880,300,000; 1881,350,000; 1882,400,000; 1883,412,000; 



* From annual report of the doings of the French Acclimatization Society in 1884. 

 Monthly Bulletin of the Society, Paris, July, 1885, 



