TROUT-BREEDING IN THE m'cLOUD RIVER, CAL. 173 



11. No trout in traps ; clear and cool. 



12. Freezing hard nights ; no fish. 



13. Weather cold and clear; no lish. 



14. Weather cold and clear; no fish. 



15. Weather cold and clear ; no fish. 



16. Weather cold and clear ; no fish. 



17. Took out trap and closed up race. 



18. Weather cool and clear. 



19. Weather cloudy. 



20. Weather cloudy and cold. 



21. Weather cloudy and warm, 

 '22. Weather cloudy and warm. 



23. Water in creek very low; no fish. 



24. Weather cool and clear; trout spawning very i)Oorly. 



25. Shipped eggs ; weather clear and cool. 



26. Raining hard all day. 



27. Raining hard all day; creek very high and muddy to-night. 



28. Raining hard ; heavy land-slide up the creek ; ponds filling with mud very 



fast, and eggs dying very fast. 



29. Ground covered with snow ; water clearer. Latest eggs taken nearly all dead ; 



those a week old all right and alive ; those dead were one day old before 

 the muddy water. 



30. Weather clear and warmer; water clearing up fast; water in river very 



high. 



31. Fish-traps all washed away; weather clear and water falling; eggs doing 



well. 



1. Put traps back in the creek to-day. Caught 2 trout this evening. 



2. Caught 2 trout in trap ; sent Indians u^i to Wye-te-Wouet to put in trap 



to-day. 



3. Caught 2 trout in traps; weather cloudy and unsettled. 



4. Caught 7 trout in traps. Forenoon showery ; evening clear and cold. 



5. Caught 1 trout ; heavy snow-storm. 



6. Very cold. Water falling fast. 



7. Eggs doing well ; very cold, thermometer at 6 p. m. 20° above zero. 



8. Very cold. Eggs advancing very slowly ; eggs twenty days old showing no 



eye spots. 



9. Very cold. 



10. Sunday very cold. Eggs advancing very slowly. Clear and jjleasaut. 



11. Sent Indians to Chattedonchekilles to put in wood trap in creek. 



12. Weather vei'y cold. No fish running. 



13. Went to Big Creek, but no fish. 



14. Packed in some ice ; very thin and poor. 



15. Snow 8 inches deep, and very cold. 



16. Raining hard all day. Caught 3 trout. 



17. Raining hard ; water raising very fast. Caught 10 trout. 



18. Raining hard ; water very high and muddy ; traps washed away. No trout 



to-day. 



19. Weather colder ; snowing very hard , water very high and miuldy ; suow 10 



inches deep here on the river and still snowing. 



20. Snowing hard in morning, evening clear and sun shining brightly ; water 



falling. 



21. Weather clear and warmer; water at a standstill; mud 8 inches deep in 



pond. 



22. Clear and warm ; no fish. 



23. Water falling fast ; no fish running. 



24. Packed and shipped 18,000 eggs to Washington. 



