STONE SALMON BREEDING STATION, M 7 CLOUD RIVER, 1879. 705 



Table of weights of female salmon after spawning, Mc Cloud River, California, 1879. 



August 30.— Weight (pounds), 14, 13, 14, 12, 15, 10, 10, 10, 15, 9, 0, 13, 10, 12, 8, 15, 9, 8, 7. . 



September 1.— Weight (pounds), 13, 16, 8, 15, 17, 9, 9, 9, 6, 8, 8, 12, 10, 10, 11, 16, 8, 12, 8, 10, 

 10, 11, 14, 8, 8, 16, 12, 7, 10, 13, 10, 10, 8, 10, 9, 8, 10, 10 



September 2.— Weight (pounds), 12, 11, 9, 11, 9, 9, 8, 12, 12, 7, 8, 11, 11. 11, 11, 8, 13, 14, 9, 0, 

 8, 15, 14, 9, 8, 14, 7, 9, 14, 10, 8, 9, 12, 11, 13, 11, 9, 14, 10, 14, 15, 8, 12, 17, 12, 11, 5, 12, 13, 10, 

 10,11,15,12,15,13,12,8,10,7 



September 3.— Weight (pounds), 13, 7, 15, 10, 13, 10, 12, 12, 11, 11, 10, 15, 11, 10, 8, 12, 13, 

 15, 16, 16, 12, 15. 8, 17, 10, 14, 9, 10, 14, 17, 14, 17, 6, 16, 9, 13, 14, 8, 10, 17, 11, 13, 8, 13, 11, 11, 

 7, 12, 10, 16, 14, 10, 16, 14, 8, 9, 8, 10, 8, 15. 14, 11, 10, 9, 16, 15, 18, 14, 13, 10, 12, 8, 13, 10, 7 



September 4.— Weight (pounds), 15, 7, 14, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 11, 7, 12, 11, 8, 11, 13, 14, 13, 15, 

 10, 8, 7, 6, 15, 9, 8, 16, 6, 8, 12, 14, 12, 17, 8, 14, 12, 12, 15, 14, 13, 9, 12, 10, 12, 13, 16, 14, 13, 14, 

 10,16,8,14,8,11,8,8,8,7,8,8,8 



September 5.— Weight (pounds), 16, 9, 16, 12, 16, 16, 16, 16, 12, 13, 7, 10, 12, 6, 8, 7, 15, 11, 

 15, 12, 9, 12, 11, 10, 7, 21, 10. 14, 15, 9, 14, 12, 13, 10, 17, 8, 8, 9, 12, 11, 14, 9, 11, 6, 11, 11, 12, 8, 

 12, 13, 10, 11, 6, 9, 7, 13, 9, 9, 9, 7, 7, 7, 9, 8, 14, 8, 15, 10, 8, 8, 8, 13, 10, 13, 10, 8, 8, 11, 12, 8, 7, 8, 



7, 8, 17, 11, 13, 9, 15, 12, 11, 8 



September 6.— Weight (pounds), 9, 10, 13, 9, 16, 14, 6, 12, 12, 5, 12, 18, 12, 14, 7, 11, 14, 9, 10, 



8, 14, 12, 8, 11, 11, 13, 9, 13, 12, 12, 13, 15, 15, 12, 8, 12, 11, 15, 8, 12, 10, 11, 8, 9, 11, 14, 8, 7, 13, 

 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 12 8 8 



September 7.— Weight : '(pounds),' 12. 17, 13, li, 10, 14, 7, 11, 15, 8, 15, 7, 8, 12, 12, 16, 8, 12, 

 14, 11, 10, 14, 13, 14, 11, 14, 10, 8, 10, 10, 13, 10, 16, 14, 18, 10, 11, 13, 9, 12, 10, 11, 8, 6, 12, 9, 15, 

 9, 12, 10, 10, 9, 12, 7, 11, 8, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 9, 14, 9, 17, 10, 12, 11, 8, 12, 12 



September 8.— Weight (pounds), 12, 9, 10, 13, 10, 8, 15, 10, 12, 9, 8, 16, 10, 16, 9, 14, 14, 10, 



12, 11, 11, 17, 10, 6, 8, 7, 10, 13, 8, 10, 17, 15, 14, 14, 9, 8, 8, 8, 5, 14, 8, 14, 10, 12, 13, 16. 12, 15, 



13, 11, 12, 8, 16, 14, 13, 8, 10, 13, 10, 11, 11, 14, 14, 10, 8, 8, 10, 11, 16, 15, 11, 12, 15, 7, 7, 7, 8, 6, 

 9, 14, 8, 9, 16, 10, 8, 8, 12, 8, 14, 9, 14 



213 

 405 



655 



896 



668 



991 

 662 

 796 



1,020 



11.21 

 10.65 



10.9 



11.99 



10.95 



10.37 

 11.03 

 11.21 



11.08 



Record of seining operations conducted at United States fishery, Baird, Cat., on the McCloud 

 River, from Jit ly 22 to September 22, 1879, on account of United States, by Livingston Stone. 



Date. 



July 22 



24 



26 



30 



Aug. 1 



4 



7 



8 



11 



12 



12 



16 



17 



17 



19 



22 



24 



Hour. 



Tempera- 

 ture of 



7.30 p.m. 

 7.35 p.m. 

 7.30 p.m. 

 7.40 p.m. 

 7.00 p.m. 

 7.30 p.m. 

 7.15 p.m. 

 7.30 p.m. 

 7.45 p.m. 

 1.15 p. m. 

 7.45 p. m. 

 7.00 p.m. 

 7.00 a.m. 

 7.30 p.m. 

 7.00 p.m. 

 7.00 p.m. 

 7.15 p.m. 



70 

 70 

 72 

 75 

 80 

 75 

 82 

 74 

 70 

 100 

 71 

 74 

 62 

 73 

 74 

 67 



Condition of— 



Sky. 



Water. 



1 



Fish taken. 



Males. Females. 



300 

 500 

 450 



1,000 

 400 

 700 

 220 

 100 

 500 

 200 



1,000 

 200 

 100 

 250 

 300 

 250 

 200 



Ripe fish, 

 females. 



S. Miss. 59 45 





