416 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



took on 30 gallons of Sacramento River water here, and a large supply 

 of ice, and at twenty minutes past two we left Sacramento, on the Cali- 

 fornia Pacific Railroad, which runs up the Sacramento Valley, for Te- 

 hama, where it was thought best to deposit the shad. We reached 

 Tehama just after dark, and at ten minutes past nine on Wednesday 

 evening, July 2, 1873, we placed our 35,000 shad in the Sacramento 

 River, near the village of Tehama, just above the railroad bridge, in the 

 presence of Mr. Woodbury and several citizens of Tehama, the whole 

 expedition, from beginning to end, having been an entire success. 



Below will be found a list of the places where we procured supplies 

 of water, and also a table indicating the changes of temperature in the 

 water which contained the shad. 



We took on water east of Omaha, at Albany, TJtica, Syracuse, Roch- 

 ester, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Erie, Painesville, Cleveland, Illyria, (well-water,) 

 Edgerton, Elkhart, South Bend, (bad lime-water,) Chicago, (Rock Is- 

 and Railroad depot,) La Porte, Bellow's Station, Bureau, (rain-water,) 

 Tiskilwa, (spring-water,) Rock Island, (good,) Davenport, (from Missis- 

 sippi River,) Kellogg, Carey, Avoca. 



West of Omaha we took on water at — 



Gallons. Temperature. Character 



of water. 



Elkhorn River 50 84° F. Roily. 



Big Spring 10 58° F. Clear. 



Laramie River 50 62° F. Clear. 



Evanston, (spring- water) 10 57° F. Clear. 



Ogden, (Weber River) 50 (50° F. Roily. 



Humboldt Station, (spring-water) 50 65° F. Clear. 



Alta. 20 60° F. Clear. 



Sacramento 20 Warm. Muddy. 



The temperature of the cans was as follows : 



Hudson River water, 70°. 



Albany to Chicago, 70°, 74°. 



Chicago to Omaha, 74°, 68°, 72°. 



Omaha to Laramie, 72°, 70°, 69°, 67°. 



Laramie to Ogden, 67°, 66°. 



Ogden to Humboldt, QQ^, 62°, 66°, 70°. 



Humboldt to Sacramento, 70°, 68°, 66°, 67°. 



Sacramento to Tehama, 67°, 70°. 



Sacramento River water at Tehama, 74°. 



In concluding this account of the journey with the shad, I will say that 

 the water was changed every one or two hours, night and day, from 6 

 o'clock p. m. on Wednesday, June 25, to 9 o'clock p. m. on Wednesday, 

 July 2, being about 105 times for each of the eight cans, or equivalent 

 to changing the water of one can 840 times. 



I will also add that a careful estimate was made of the number of 

 shad that died on the way, and it was found to be about 400, or 1 per 

 cent, of the whole. 



