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RECAPITULATION OF PLANTINGS SINCE l882. CONTINUED. 



Gulf brook 55-000 



Roblee brook 50,000 



Minerva (including Kelso) 72,000 



Beaver Meadow brook 39,000 



Roaring brook 216,000 



Clendon brook 1 70,400 



Thirteenth brook 1 29,900 



Indian river 36,200 



Cedar river 59.900 



Loon lake ' 38,600 



Total 2,091,723 



SALMON CAUGHT. 



Up to 1888, when these investigations were made, it may be 

 fair to consider only the three first plantings which comprise 

 894,600 fry. 



In 1886 several salmon were taken, one by John B. Denyse, 

 in Gravesend bay, and three at Troy dam, the weights ranging 

 from ten pounds to fourteen and a half pounds. (See Report 

 U. S. Fish Commission for 1885, foot note to p. no.) It has 

 been estimated that a dozen or more were taken in that year 

 by the fishermen. Mr. Blackford bought the salmon caught 

 by Denyse and displayed it on his stand, where it attracted 

 sreat attention as a Hudson river salmon. 



In 1887 many " North river salmon" were sold in New 

 York, and were reported to have been taken up the river, 

 although I know that some were taken in Gravesend bay. 

 On November first of that year a spent male salmon was 

 taken at Port Monmouth, New Jersey, and sent to Mr. 

 Blackford. It was very poor and, while it measured two 

 and a half feet in length, it weighed but seven pounds. 

 The hook on the jaw was slight and the sides were blotched 

 with red, as is usual vvith a ripe, or spent, male. 



