8 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 
imens have been seen or caught that have shown rapid growth. 
Through the courtesy of the U. 8. Commission, two thousand 
fry were received during the past season, and distributed as 
follows: 
RichmondsPonds- ye eo es fo eee eee 400 
One Hundred Acretbone... 2.2.04 eee eee 500 
Pawcatuck River! fe Ue Poors p31 kee eee 100 
Roger*Willhiams Wake?) 2 ....2.s00 2 on ee ee 1,000 
Small-mouthed Black Bass. 
The fishing for this species has been exceptionally good, particu- 
larly in Watchaug Lake, where the fish taken have averaged much 
larger than in several years past. Three hundred fry were re- 
ceived from the U.S. Fish Commission, and liberated in Pasquiset 
Pond, Washington County. It is the aim of the commission to in- 
troduce, as rapidly as possible, both species of black bass into all 
waters of the State not already stocked. 
Land-locked Salon. 
The introduction of this valuable food and game fish is still 
largely experimental. The method adopted thus far has been to 
place the young fish in the waters of Mill Brook, a tributary to 
Watchaug Lake, in the town of Charlestown, where, with protec- 
tion, they might grow until of sufficient size to enter the deeper 
waters of the Lake. Although no fish have thus far been caught 
in the lake proper, several mature fish have been seen in the Paw- 
eatuck River, into which this lake empties through Poquiant Brook. 
Fifteen thousand fry were placed in Mill Brookin May, 1899. The 
United States Commission has kindly promised twenty thousand 
eges for 1900, which will be hatched by the American Fish Cul- 
ture Company, at Carolina, R. I., and will be reared by them until 
eight months old, when they will be distributed in Mill Brook and 
other suitable waters. 
