742 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [10] 



of a temperature of 46°. Low's spring yields 3 gallons per minute, of 

 temperature of 47°. 



November 3. — The new hatching-house by the stream is nearly com- 

 pleted. Troughs and conduits still to be arranged. The troughs of 

 the old hatching- house were taken out into a shed in the spring. Of 

 late they have all been cut in two (now 10 and 14 feet long), varnished 

 with two coats of asphaltum, and replaced. 



We get no female fish below the dam. Judging from what I can see 

 of the fish in the pool immediately below the dam, I think several hun- 

 dred are there, but I believe them to be mostly males. One good nest 

 was made on night of 1st just above our net across the west run. Yes- 

 terday I looked for other recent works below the dam, but found none. 

 Above the dam no nests started yet. Net still in place about 20 feet 

 above the dam. This afternoon I saw three fish there — one female, two 

 males. 



One of our nets, that separating the second and third pound, dips its 

 upper line 2 inches below the surface of the water, but I think no fish 

 have passed over it. This evening, at 9, Munson examined the third 

 pound carefully, and found no fish in it. (I find these fish are much 

 more inclined to force their way under an obstruction than over it. 

 Yet they will sometimes search the nets for holes several inches above 

 the surface of the water, standing bolt upright, with their heads en- 

 tirely out of water, and working along inch by inch, and occasionally 

 they will leap quite out of the water in attempting to scale the barriers. 

 These phenomena have, however, come under my observation only when 

 large numbers of the fish are crowded together.) 



November 4. — This morning I found among the females taken above 

 the dam one that was surely ripe. We have tried none of our captured 

 fish yet. 



November 6. — This forenoon early Mr. Munson found a great run of 

 smelts at the spawning shed (above the dam). He said he could have 

 dipped any number if they had not been so shy and quick. As it was 

 he dipped 150 or 200, which I have preserved. They are mature, show- 

 ing clearly spawn and milt through their transparent bellies. [These 

 smelts are among the most diminutive of their genus, averaging in 

 length but little more than 2 inches. They are found in several if 

 not all of the Schoodic lakes. In one of the tributaries of "Upper 

 Dobsy" Lake (Indian name Sysladobsis-sis) they are wont to spawn late 

 in the month of February.] 



Meshed in a net we found a Schoodic salmon 9i inches long, weigh- 

 ing 7 ounces; red spots plainly to be seen, but not very bright; the 

 dark bars on the sides very faint ; sex, male, yielding milt. 



November 7. — Began taking spawn. There are but few ripe fish. 

 Below the dam fish appear to be numerous, but we have not caught 

 many yet. Our trap does not work first rate. I dipped this evening 

 on a spawning-bed a male Schoodic salmon, 7f inches long, weighing 3£ 



