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lock), turned and ran down tiirougliout the entire length of our net. 

 The net for leaves was not, therefore, in position to get more than half 

 that came, and they wxut into the main net in large quantities. We 

 also supposed there would be an eddy at the east end of the main net, 

 and so had not braced it very securely upon the lower side. About 

 noon we noticed the leaf-net had partly discharged its contents into 

 the main net, and that the braces upon the lower side of the latter were 

 beginning to give way. Immediately got all the spare line to be had 

 and stayed the hedge to the shore as thoroughly as possible, but could 

 not save it, and by 10 o'clock p. m. it was pretty thoroughly wrecked. 

 To prevent a recurrence of the accident, think it will be necessary to 

 have two strong nets for leaves and a windlass upon the bank for draw- 

 ing them alternately. Songo Eiver, above the dam, has risen 4 inches, 

 and its flow through the lock and our inclosures east of lock amounts 

 to nothing in checking the force of Crooked River at the main net. 



October 25. — Water continued to rise in Crooked Eiver and reached its 

 height at evening. Did not rise any more above the dam. Our main 

 net seems to be whole and in position, except that the top line is about 

 3 feet under water — its whole length nearly. There has been no outward 

 current (or, at most, very little) through our traps since the first of the 

 rise. 



October 26. — Eepairs progressing rapidly as possible under the direc- 

 tion of Perry Harriman. I have been unwell and not able to work for 

 several days. 



October 27. — Got the main net in place again to-night; found one or 

 two small holes, but it was not much damaged. 



November 1. — Swept the main pound to-day for the purpose of turning 

 the brook-trout up into Crooked Eiver. We should have had forty-five 

 on hand, but only found six, and could not account for their disax)pear- 

 ance otherwise than by supposing that they went out when the attempt 

 was made to release the fish. The record showed that ten salmon had 

 been taken, but we found thirteen in the pound. 



November 3. — Found one salmon in the trap this morning. Have not 

 been able to see any fish from the pier for several days. Eeports have 

 come in of Crooked Eiver being " full of them," and Perry Harriman 

 and Dillingham went up to-day, but did not see any. 



November 9. — Have seen no fish for a week. The three females in the 

 pound have begun to spawn at its lower side, or at least the fish are doing 

 a good deal of work there. There has been ice in Crooked Eiver all of 

 the past week, and more or less on all of our nets. 



November 12. — One male salmon last night. 



November 14. — To-day went up by laud to Edes's Falls and examined 

 Crooked Eiver pretty thoroughly for fish and their work ; saw fifteen 

 salmon and forty-two nests or ridds. I think most of them were made 

 this year j many of the nests seemed to be in an unfinished state, as 



