COLLECTION OF EGGS OF SEBAGO SALMON. 781 



August 27. — Stowed away the car ; went to Naples village for sundries, 

 and caulked and puttied punt. 



August 28. — Commenced clearing bottom of the stream. 



August 29. — Continued clearing bottom of the stream. 



August 30. — Continued clearing and cut stakes. 



August 31. — Continued cutting stakes. 



September 2. — Continued clearing stream. 



September 3. — Continued clearing stream. Mr. Atkins came, and we 

 visited brook 1^ miles to westward ; found no water. 



Septemher 4. — Went to Mr. Dillingham's hatching-house ; found but 

 very little water running ; commenced setting stakes. 



September 5. — Continued setting stakes. 



September 6, 7, 8. — Absent on trip to Boston. 



September 9. — Eeturned from Boston ; find water still falling. Mr. 

 Mitchell reports having seen two salmon up in Crooked Eiver. 



Sex)teynJ)er 10, 11, 12. — Worked getting net across Crooked Eiver, as- 

 sisted by Dillingham and Mitchell. Afternoon of 12th got so far arranged 

 that I think no fish can pass. 



September 17. — Completed arrangement of trap on lower side of main 

 pound. 



September 19. — This morning found in the trap two brook-trout, weigh- 

 ing about 2 pounds and ^ pound, respectively, four or five suckers, one 

 bream. 



September 20. — Found in the trap this morning one land-locked salmon 

 20 inches long, apparently a female, not in very good condition 5 one 

 brook-trout, about 1^ pounds, apparently a female, as was also the one 

 taken yesterday. 



September 21. — Steamer Mount Pleasant stopped running to-day; 

 water is so low that she cannot pass the lock. Went to Andrew Gray's 

 brook ; found no good site for a hatching-house. 



September 22. — Took from trap this morning five brook-trout weighing 

 2 pounds and less; saved two of them, think one of each sex; returned 

 three to the stream, one above net, two below. 



September 27. — Two brook-trout this morning, one of each sex. 



September 28. — One brook-trout this morning. 



September 29. — Took from trap six brook-trout, two fine ones weighing 

 4 pounds each, I should think. Called four of the fish males, two fe- 

 males. One of the latter got meshed in the dip-net, and was hurt con- 

 siderably, so killed her. Found she was very full of eggs, and there 

 was apparently nothing in her stomach. 



September 30. — Took four brook-trout this morning ; saved all. 



October 1. — Took four brook-trout ; saved three of them. Perry Harri- 

 man came this afternoon. 



October 2. — One small brook -trout this morning. Having heard sev- 

 eral times that Crooked Eiver was full of salmon above our net, to-day 



