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Falls, Mike McKiel, one ; Mulls Fishery, Anthony Putnam, 

 seine, two — eleven, eleven and one-half pounds ; Catskill 

 Point, seine, John Pindar, one — fifteen pounds ; Cornwall, one 

 — nine pounds ; Barrytown, drift net, two — ten and three- 

 quarters and thirteen pounds (several persons intimated that 

 more were taken at this place, but were cautious about giving 

 information for fear of being called on as witnesses) ; Kingston 

 Point, drift net, two, ten, eight pounds ; North Staatsburg, 

 Millard Archer, two — ten, twelve pounds ; Hyde Park, drift 

 net, one ; Elmore's Dock, drift net, two — ten and eighteen 

 pounds ; Newburgh, one ; Verplanck's (Stony Point), three 

 — twelve and three quarters, eleven and one-half, and fifteen 

 and one-half. 



Troy. — As before stated, Mr. Henry Burden kindly volun- 

 teered to get the needed information at this place, and his 

 knowledge of men and locality enabled him to work the 

 field better than a stranger could. I went out with him to 

 a fisherman's floating house one day, and found that the 

 man in charge was very suspicious, and if he or his friends 

 had caught any salmon, they were not going to expose 

 themselves to a fine by telling it. Mr. Burden writes me 

 as follows : — 



224 Third St., Tro\\ July 30th, 1888. 

 Mr. Fred Mather:— 



Dear Sir.— The catch of salmon in the vicinity of the 

 Troy dam for the season of 1888 was twenty-six, varying 

 in weight from five to twenty-six pounds. This number 

 was known to have been taken, but the person who ob- 

 tained the information thinks that more were caught. 



Very truly, Henry Burden. 



Of the salmon in the lower river. Forest and Stream of 

 May 17th, 1888, said: "Up to Saturday last, fourteen sal- 

 mon have been taken in the Hudson river between Com- 

 munipaw and Yonkers. The largest one weighed io)4 

 pounds and the smallest eight pounds. They were taken 



