190 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES! 



RESULTS OF WORK. 



1. Publications of the Commission — Continued. 



Appendix A — Continued. 



XX. Report of operations in California in 1873. — Cont'd. Page. 



B. Sacramento River ."... 382 



1. Character of fishing on the Sacra- 

 mento 382 



C. California .aquarium-car 385 



D. Overland journey with live shad 390 



1 . Preparation for the trip 390 



2. Thestart 390 



3. The apparatus 391 



4. The care of fish 391 



5. Journal of the trip 395 



6. Experiments to ascei-tain the charac- 



ter of the water 400 



7. Stations affording supplies of the water. 401 



8. Temperature of the water in the 



can.s 401 



9. Conclusion 401 



E. McCloud River station 402 



1. Catching the parent salmon 403 



2. Confining the siilmon 405 



3 The Indian sentiment in regard to 



catching the salmon 408 



4. Spawning the fish 410 



5. The hatching apparatus 411 



6. Hatching the eggs 415 



7. Packing and shiiiping ths eggs 419 



8. The method of packing discussed 420 



9. Cost of the eggs 420 



10. Journal of oveiland trij) with salmon 



eggs 421 



11. Distribution of salmon eggs 423 



r. Catalogue of collections sent to the Smith- 



.sonian Institution in 1873 424 



G-. List of McCloiul Indian words, supple- 

 mentary to a list contained in the re- 

 port of 1872. By Livingston Stone . 428 

 XXI. Hatching and distribution of California salmon. 431 



A. Report on California salmon-spawn hatched 



and distributed. By J. II. Slack, 



M.D 431 



B. Hatching and distribution of California sal- 



mon in tributaries of Great Salt 



Lake. By A. P. Rockwood 434 



XXI I. Report of operations during 1874 at the United 

 States salmon-hatching establish- 

 ment on the McCloud River, Cal. 



By Livingston Stone . 437 



Introduction 437 



Table of consignment of salmon-eggs ac- 

 cording to order of shipments 441 



Cost of eggs 443 



Camp-buildings, (fcc 443 



The hatching apparatus 444 



The fish and fishing 445 



The taking and ripening of the eggs 447 



Paeking the eggs 448 



The overland journey of the eggs 440 



Life in camp 459 



Our neighbor.s 46C 



Game 468 



Extract from journal 468 



