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 stream, and the result was that it brouMit down a mass 



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of decayed vegetation, which killed in the neighborhood 

 of i,ooo trout. Since then we have had no trouble un- 

 til last week, when a few fish were found dead, and the 

 next day the number of dead fish had increased, and 

 the man who discovered them went to the head of the 

 stream and found it entirely depopulated and the fish 

 all gone, and it has since been ascertained that the fish 

 went down the creek where they could get water that 

 did not pass through this pond, but the other fish were 

 dying rapidly. Upon examining the dead fish a fun- 

 gus growth was discovered, which was also found upon 

 all the others. 



Mr. Bowman spoke as follows : — 



"I have had some experience in Caledonia brook, and 

 I never found one instance where there was an epidemic. 

 It is a stream of remarkably pure water, and I dis- 

 like very much to have it advertised that there is any 

 epidemic, and I think it occurs from the fact of the mill 

 located at the head of the stream and the drying out 

 of the water when the weather was hot, then being filled 

 up very slowly with the water at 80 degrees. This 

 killed the fish and caused the fungus to grow. It is 

 difficult to say what causes fungus, and I do not 

 think there is any fungus in Caledonia creek that a pro- 

 per dose of salting will not cure. If a fish in fresh water 

 has fungus you take it and put it into salt water, and 

 vice versa, it will cure the fungus If several barrels of 

 salt water had been poured into the creek it would 

 likewise have caused the growth to disappear. If you 

 find fungus, dump plenty of salt in ; it is the cheapest 

 remedy you can find and the best. 



"There ought to be no epidemic in Caledonia creek. 

 I was there fishing not more than a mile from the head. 

 I found no evidence of any sick fish, nor any evidence 

 of fungus, and the fish rose to a fly, but a sick fish won't 



