45 



Thirteenth brook. — A rapid stream which comes from the 

 west and empties at the village of North River. It is some- 

 times dammed for logging purposes, but was avoided on the 

 years when it was so used. It received :— 



1885* : 79.900 



1888 50,000 



Total 129,000 



Beaver Meadow brook is a tributary of Indian river, which 

 enters the Hudson in Essex county. The brook crosses the 

 stage road from North river to Blue Mountain lake about 

 eight miles from the former place, and if the roads were bet- 

 ter in the spring this would be a good point of deposit. In 

 1883 there were 39,000 salmon planted in this stream. 



Indian river received 36,200 in 1884. 



Minerva brook was stocked in 1888, with 35,000 salmon at 

 Olmsteadville, Essex county. It is a tributary of the Schroon 

 river which enters the Hudson at Warrensburgh, some twenty 

 miles, as the crow flies, below, but by the course of the river 

 is nearly double that distance. This stream is a celebrated 

 trout brook, and I strongly recommend it for salmon. 



Loon lake empties into the Schroon at Starbuckville, War- 

 ren county. It received 38,600 salmon in 1884. I am not 

 certain that lake plantings are good for these fish. I prefer 

 mountain brooks. 



Gulf brook and Hokum pond received 55,000 fry in 1882, 

 Hokum pond is in the town of Johnsburgh, Warren county, 

 southwest of the village of North Creek. Its outlet is Mill 

 brook (not Mill creek, in the same county), which is tributary 

 to North creek. Gulf brook empties into Mill brook near the 

 outlet of Hokum pond. 



Kelso brook was stocked with 37,000 in 1884. It empties 

 into Minerva brook a mile above Olmsteadville, in Essex 



* In the reports this plant was credited to North River. 



