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1876. Baird, Spencer F.— Continued. 



Apparatus used on the Blue Light p. ix 



The region southeast from Cape Elizabeth x 



The regiou at the upper end of Casco Bay x 



Proof of climatic changes on the northern Atlantic coast x 



Assistance rendered by the United States Coast Survey x 



The steamer Bacho x 



Assistance rendered by the Treasury Department xi 



The revenue steamer McCuUoch xi 



The revenue steamer Chase xi 



Assistance rendered by the Quartermaster's Department of the Army xi 



2. Investigations in 1874 xi 



Reasons for selecting Noank, Conn., as base of operations xi 



Assistance rendered by the Kavy Department xi 



The steam-tug Blue Light xi 



General character of work prosecuted xi 



Experiments in propagating sea-bass xii 



Visit to shad-hatching stations at Holyoke, Mass xii 



Experiments in inuring embryo shad to sea-water xii 



Shipment of shad to Germany xii 



Discoveries of species before unknown to the coast xiii 



Associates in the inquiry xiii 



List of visitors to the Noank station xiii 



Special report to be made on invertebrates xiv 



Cold currents xiv 



Assistance rendered by the United States Coast Survey xiv 



The steamer Bache xiv 



Experiment with preservatives xv 



B. — The propagation of food-fishes. 



3. Extent of the work xv 



Regions benefited xv 



The value of fish propagation to China xvi 



Reasons why the work cannot be left to State action xvi 



The plan as regards the propagation of the shad xvi 



Extent of the California salmon work xvii 



The possible resources of rivers xvii 



Proposed introduction of the carp xvii 



Former abundance of fishes xvii 



4. The shad xviii 



The hatching and distribution of 1874 xviii 



The waters benefited in the United States xviii 



The shipment to Germany xviii 



The hatching and distribution of 1875 xviii 



The Neuso River of North Carolina xix 



The Pamunky River of Virginia ' xix 



The reconnaissance of the Potomac fisheries xix 



The stations and results on the Potomac six 



Distribution from Coeyman's Landing, N. T., on the Hudson xix 



Distribution from Soutli Hadley Falls, Mass., on the Connecticut River xix 



Distribution from Point Pleasant, Pa., on the Delaware River xx 



Review of the labors of the season xx 



Experiments by Fred. Mather and H. W. "Welsher, with a view to transporting 



shad long distances xxi 



The shipment to Germany ; xxi 



Experiments with a view to transporting shad in sea- water xxii 



Experiments with a view to transporting shad of several inches length xxii 



5. The California salmon xxii 



Mr. Livingston Stone's operations in 1873 xxii 



The final hatching of the eggs in Eastern waters xxiii 



Mr. Livingston Stone's operations in 1874... xxiii 



Qualities of the California salmon xxiv 



Observations of temperature in San Joaquin River xxv 



Observations of temperature in McCloud River xxvi 



j Observations of temperature in Columbia River xxvi 



