REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 25 
RESULTS OF FISH-CULTURE. 
Reports from various parts of the country have been received with 
reference to the capture of rainbow trout in streams stocked by the 
Commission, one of the most interesting being a letter from Mr. 
P. H. Rowell, of Ennis, Ellis County, Tex., in which he states that a 
10-pound rainbow trout was taken from a lake near the city, asa result 
of plants made by the Commission in February, 1899. He also 
reported that large numbers of small fish had been seen, showing that 
this species has been successfully introduced even in that latitude. 
According to a report received from Manton, Mich., a rainbow trout 
was captured on May 31, measuring 31 inches in length, 15 inches 
around, and weighing 123 pounds. 

A catch of rainbow trout from Laurel River, Virginia. 
The above reproduction of a photograph is illustrative of the sue- 
cessful introduction of this game fish in Laurel River, Virginia. 
These specimens were captured near Damascus by Mr. Benjamin T. 
Clark, of Abingdon, Va. 
Although the Commission, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania 
commission, has liberated annually considerable numbers of Atlantic 
salmon fry in the upper waters of the Delaware River, and a number 
of salmon are caught each spring in this river by men fishing with shad 
and gill nets, it is a matter of regret that there has yet been no regu- 
larly established run of this important species reported. During the 
spring of 1900 seven specimens, weighing 10 pounds and upward, 
were caught near Gloucester, N. J., in the vicinity of the steamer 
Fish Hawk—one of 10 pounds weight being taken in a gill net almost 
