INTRODUCTION. 



place for their reception, by bnilcling a dam 

 across a very fine, large spring of water on his 

 farm, some two miles from this city. 



There was no difficulty in capturing as many 

 as I desired, but it was quite another kind of 

 sj^ort to transj^ort them alive a distance of near 

 six hundred miles. After various vexations, 

 among which was the loss of the first ship- 

 ment, we succeeded in getting down three lots, 

 in all about one hundred and fifty in fine con- 

 dition, and lodged them safely in their new 

 home, where they seemed as ha]3py and as 

 sportive as they were in the beautiful blue 

 waters of Lake SujDerior. 



In the month of September I made a trip 

 to Port Stanley, Canada, for another lot, and 

 succeeded in getting home about forty more 

 specimens, constituting certainly a very fair ])e- 

 ginning to our enterprise. 



We did not, however, ex]3ect to rear any 

 young fish this season, for we sujoposed the 

 vicissitudes the}' were subjected to, such as 

 their transportation, etc., would prevent them 

 from depositing their eggs, but in this we were 

 most agreeably disappointed, for on the loth of 

 November we discovered unmistakable evidences 

 that they were about to engage in this inter- 

 esting process. 



