812 EEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [4] 



BLACK BASS. 



lu August, 1882, 1 went to Greenwood Lake, lying partly in New York 

 and partly in New Jersey, and took some medium-sized small-mouthed 

 black bass with the artificial fly, and some small bass of the big-mouthed 

 species with bait. The former were fish of a half pound to one pound 

 in weight. They were placed in the tanks of Mr. E. G. Blackford, Ful- 

 ton Market, New York, and kept there all summer. About tlie middle 

 of February Mr, George Eckardt sailed in the North German Lloyd 

 steamer Elbe with what was left of them. The following letter from 

 Max von dem Borne acknowledges their safe arrival. It is dated Ber- 

 neucheu, March 3, 1883, and is as follows : " The black bass arrived 

 safely on February 27 in Bremen, and reached Berneuchen March 3. 

 Allow me to thank you very much for so much trouble you have so 

 kindly taken in this matter. There were seven large and forty-four small 

 black bass, and one small perch. Is this the number you gave to Mr. Ec- 

 kardt ? I should be extreniely obliged to you if you would kindly inform 

 me how I am to breed these fish, whether in pond that can be drained, or 

 by artificial incubation. How deep should be the ponds'? Should 

 the bottom be rocky, gravelly, sandy, or muddy ? Perhaps you would 

 reply to these questions in Forest and Stream ? In about a fortnight 

 I hope to send you on my own account (not in behalf of the Deutsche 

 Fischerei Vereiu) 10,000 eggs of our brook trout, which is foreign in 

 America." 



I also assisted Mr. Silk in i)rocuring some black bass in October for 

 England. They also arrived in safety and were placed in the ponds of 

 the Marquis of Exeter. 



