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ural history of the California trout, which have been obtained at this sta- 

 tion. 



I will merely add now that, at the present writing, December 5, 1879, 

 we hope to secure during this first season of the United States trout- 

 ponds on the McCloud Eiver upwards of 300,000 eggs. 



I will close this report by saying that an application to the President 

 has been made for an extension of the present fishery reservation so as 

 to include the trout-ponds. The application was originally made for a 

 larger tract with especial reference to the Indians, but a modification 

 was afterwards made in the application which restricted the extension 

 to a tract of land reaching only from the mouth of the McCloud to a point 

 eight miles above it. It is to be hoped that this extension to a point 

 eight miles up the river will be made, for while this cannot injure the 

 rights of any one, it will place the operations of the trout-pond station 

 on a much securer basis, and will facilitate the work there in a very 

 great degree. 



