612 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [16] 
Now, what has become of all the rest of these fry I cannot tell, per- 
haps you can; if you can’t, Seth Green surely can tell all about them. 
One thing is certain, they have not peopled Lake Ontario in the count- 
less myriads that Seth’s shad did the next season after they were turned 
out as fry. 
I must confess that I am quite upset on this question of where these 
fry go to, I have never seen a “parr” or a “smolt” of these Califor- 
nians yet in this stream, but I have raised large numbers of them to 
those stages of their growth in spring-water tanks and put them out, 
but have never seen any afterwards, except the ones described as above, 
which were, I should say, in the grilse stage (except the first one) in 
October, 1876 (I did not see the one reported by Mr. Robson of 15 
pounds’ weight, in July, 1878, and cannot, therefore, say anything 
about it, only simply expressing a doubt of its being a “Simon pure” 
Californian). But, then, here comes in the rub, if any “ jfive-pounder” 
(a thoroughbred one, too) attained that size and weight in twenty- 
seven months, why havn’t some others done the same thing? and if 
they have, where are they? I believe in perseverance upon the princi- 
ple that ‘ Faint heart never won fair lady,” but then there are lots of 
people the antipodes to myself who say ‘Hope deferred maketh the 
heart sick,” and do not believe in “‘ Hope on, hope ever.” 
I should like very much, indeed, to have a long confab with the Pro- 
fessor and yourself about these truant fish. My own private opinion 
(but never expressed before) is, that these California fry will not stand 
as high a temperature of water as our own; this, I think, will be some- 
what verified in your own reports of the temperature of the McCloud 
River, which in July, August, and September averaged about 579, 
55°, 529. This is colder by some 15 to 20° at these periods than our 
streams in Ontario. Ona trip I made last July up our most famous sal- 
mon river, the Restigouche, I found the temperature thus: 60° some 80 
mniles up from tideway and 52° 130 miles up. I don’t know how far your 
works are up from tide-water on the McCloud, but I should infer they 
are not that distance; if not, the McCloud water must be very much 
colder than any of our Atlantic rivers. In fact, looking at your record 
of temperature and comparing with some of ours, the McCloud is many 
degrees colder than any of our New Brunswick or Nova Scotia rivers, 
and far, far colder than any of our Ontario streams. Therefore, by 
this comparison the California salmon are natives of colder waters than 
ours, and consequently it is much less suitable to their growth than for 
our own salmon. Farther observation on my part will go to prove this 
still more, that whilst I have raised plenty of California parrs and 
even smolts in spring water at 40° to 50° and 559, where they thrive very 
well, I have never yet seen a single one in my creek from the thousands 
[ had put into it as fry. Again, I have taken some of the parrs and 
smolts from the spring-water tanks and put them into a small pond 
