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stream, until at last it let the water have its way, in part only, 

 and with head up stream and caudal fin in active motion, it 

 was prepared to meet the wild rush of water with such mus- 

 cular energy as it could muster. Taking this view of the 

 case, it is possible that young salmon may safely go down 

 any impediment in the Hudson, but, if they go down at a low 

 stage of water, when the whole river is turned into the wheels 

 of the mills, " aye, there's the rub," for in that rush of tur- 

 bines what grinding comes when salmon have "jumped this 

 bank and shoal " is more than we can say. 



While holding fast to that which is good, and this means 

 stocking the streams which have reared fish and sent them to 

 sea in sufficient numbers to return again, I would suggest 

 that the Sacandaga River be stocked. I know that its lower 

 waters, especially below r.iM Creek, where the new hatchery 

 of the New York Fish Commission is located, contain picke- 

 rel, Esox Indus, but so does the Hudson, from Albany up to 

 above North Creek. If the Sacandaga is to be stocked, I 

 would say that the nearest way to reach its headwaters is via 

 North River, six miles above North Creek, where the Adiron- 

 dack railroad ends, and thence by wagon to the " Drake 

 Place," three miles east of Oregon, and make the plant in 

 Diamond Mountain brook and in Siamese brook, and also in 

 Buck Meadow brook and Botheration pond. The latter is 

 the head of the Sacandaga River. There is no need for 

 me to write an essay on the benefits of planting salmon in 

 the headwaters of streams where they get insect and crusta- 

 cean food and escape their larger enemies. 



I think that the tributaries of the Hoosick River, which 

 entersv. the Hudson as low down as Stillwater, and other 

 streams in Washington County, N. Y., might prove to be 

 good rearing streams for salmon, but I have no personal 

 knowledge of them. The same might be said of streams in 

 the Catskills, of which I also know little beyond the fact 

 that there are good trout streams there. If it is desirable to 

 extend the number of streams to be stocked, or to substitute 



