928 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



the St. Croix at Vanceborougli. In 1874, 50,000 fry were hatclied and 

 turned into Dobsis stream for us by tlie courtesy of tlie Hon. Harvey 

 Jewell, of the Dobsis club. The inference is but fair that these contri- 

 butions to the stock of the river had a marked influence in adding to 

 the number that constituted the good run of this year." (N&w Hamp- 

 shire fish commission report, 1878, i>. 27.) 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Atlantic salmon. — More salmon were seen during the summer at Amos- 

 keag Falls than were noted in the fish -way at Lawrence ; and a pair of 

 very large ones, estimated by Mr. Kidder at sixteen or seventeen pounds 

 each, were seen about September 1, and a similar pair were seen by Mr. 

 Powers, jumping the falls above the hatching-house, September 15. (Re- 

 port of the fish commissioners of New Hampshire, 1879, p. 4.) 



"Atlantic salmon, 7 inches long, of the planting of 1870, were so plen- 

 tiful up to about the middle of August that it was impossible to fish 

 without frequently hooking them. Mr. R. R. Holmes actually hooked 

 three at one cast, and remarked that the river was alive with them. In 

 August they began to disappear, and at this date very few are seen. 

 On the 6th of November I dipped up a small Atlantic salmon, about 3 

 inches long, at the outlet of the hatching-house brook, which nuist have 

 resulted from last year's run of salmon in this river, as there has been 

 no plant since 1876, which, as above stated, have grown to the length 

 of 7 inches." (Report of the fish commissioners, New Hampshire, 1879, 

 p. 11.) 



Quinnat salmon. — "The California salmon fry turned into the river in 

 1878 were very numerous up to the last of July, and had grown to the 

 length of about 3 inches. On the 20th of June they were so plenty as 

 to be seen in numbers in any locality near the hatching-house." Report, 

 p. 11.) 



Salmonida;. — "L. D. Butler, of Woodbine, writes March 23, 1877: 

 ' The California salmon, planted in our streams last February a yeift" ago, 

 are now from 7 to 9 inches long. One of the former i)lant was caught 

 that weighed one and a half pounds.' 



"A. A. Mosher, of Spirit Lake, writes March 13, 1877: 'The fish you 

 sent us last year are doing wonderfully well. They are now about 7 

 inches long and take to these waters.' 



" Large numbers of letters and newspaper paragraphs of this kind 

 are in the possession of the commissioners, and these are given only as 

 samples, while great numbers of people have given testimony as to hav- 

 ing seen and caught the young fish. 



"Mr. E. Bush, station agent, reports the catching of a dozen salmon, 

 weighing two and a half pounds each, in the North Fork of the Ma- 

 quoketa. 



"The principal of the high school at Marion reports catching a half 

 dozen, weighing from one and a half to two pounds each. 



