156 BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



lakes and ponds in different parts of the State were sup- 

 plied with Black Bass. 



"As early as 1804 or 1865 Black Bass had been put 

 into Rust's Pond, near WoUuorough, New Plampshire ; in 

 1868 a few were brought to Charlestowii and Lakes Mas- 

 sabesic, Sunapee, Pennacook, and Echo, and Enfield, 

 Wilson's and Cocheco Ponds were well stocked; in 1870 

 and 1871 the New Hampshire Commissioners introduced 

 the Black Bass from Lake Champlain into the waters of 

 the State at Meredith, Canaan, AVebster, Canterbury, Har- 

 risville, Munsonville, Hillsborough, Warner, Sutton, New 

 London, Andover, Loudon, Concord, and in Croydon. In 

 Massabesic and Sunapee Lakes, where they had been in- 

 troduced, in 1868 and 1869, they were found to have 

 increased, and, on the authority of Dr. W. W. Fletcher, 

 they have become exceedingly numerous in Sunapee 

 Lake. 



" The Commissioners of the Slate of Rhode Island, since 

 1870, have stocked thirty ponds or small lakes in different 

 parts of the State with the Black Bass. 



" In Maine, in the fall of 1869, the State Commissioners 

 and the Oquossoc Angling Association introduced from 

 Newburgh, New York, a quantity of Black Bass. The 

 waters of Duck Pond, at Falmouth; Fitz Pond, in Ded- 

 ham ; Newport and Philips Ponds, Coclinewagan Pond, in 

 Monmouth; Cobbosseecontec Lake, in Winthrop and ad- 

 joining towns, were stocked, and a few years afterward 

 were reported to have increased largely in numbers. 



"Since the year 1871, Black Bass {3Ticropte7ms sahnoidcs) 

 and Oswego Bass (Microjitei-iis nigricans) have been put 

 into seventy lakes, ponds, or streams of the State of New 

 York by the Commissiouers. They had made their way of 



