[5] SALMON HATCHING AT ROSLYN. 877 



Creek on the west side, A good trout stream, with no mills or dams. 

 Fish were placed a mile and a half above its mouth. Water 40° May 5. 



Gulf Brook and Hocum (or Hokum) Pond Brook, both excellent trout 

 streams. The fish were placed at the junction of these two streams, five, 

 miles above the mouth, between the villages of North Creek and Wea- 

 vertown. The stream is on the west side of the Hudson and empties 

 somewhere below North Creek. It has no mills or dams. Water 36° 

 on May 11. 



I inclose letters from Mr. Wood on the subject of the deposit in Salmon 

 River. Engagements prevented him from going up and I was met at 

 Albion (Sand Hill post-office) by Mr. V. E. Rich, who knows the streams 

 well. Upon his advice 1 made the plant in two streams as follows : 



Beaver Dam Brook, one mile from railroad station ; planted about 

 one hundred rods above its mouth. Put 15,000 below a dam and 10,000 

 in the pond above. 



Trout Brook, or Tuthill Brook, three miles from railroad station, and 

 farther down the river, put in 20,000. It is a good trout stream, and 

 the fish were put in where the road to Richland crosses the stream, just 

 below a mill, on May 2. Temperature not taken. 



THE LAND-LOCKED SALMON. 



On February 18, 10,000 eggs were received at Roslyn ; 290 eggs and 

 fry were lost before planting; a trifle less than 3 per cent. Half the fry 

 were sent to the South Side Sportsmen's Club, of Long Island, May 2, 

 and the remainder I took to Rome the same day, and sent them on alone 

 to Syracuse, while I went to Salmon River with sea salmon. At Syra- 

 cuse they were met by Mr. James S. Plumb, of that city, who took them 

 to Skaneateles and deposited them in Skaneateles Lake. 



On May 18 I packed up the property belonging to the Fish Commis- 

 sion, excei)t the troughs, which are very poor ones, and sent itfor storage 

 to Mr. Blackford, Fulton Market, New York. 



New York, May 20, 1882. 



