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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [4] 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  distribution 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  I 
  relied 
  upon 
  my 
  own 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  those 
  Adirondack 
  streams, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   reports 
  of 
  the 
  residents 
  there 
  concerning 
  the 
  logging 
  operations, 
  and 
  

   all 
  streams 
  on 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  dams 
  and 
  logging 
  was 
  going 
  on 
  were 
  

   avoided. 
  It 
  often 
  happens 
  that 
  a 
  stream 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  logging 
  one 
  season 
  

   and 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  used 
  the 
  next. 
  The 
  logs 
  arc 
  hauled 
  to 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  

   stream 
  in 
  winter 
  when 
  the 
  snow 
  will 
  permit 
  sleds 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods. 
  A 
  dam 
  is 
  built 
  which 
  floods 
  the 
  water 
  back 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  

   and 
  makes 
  a 
  large 
  lake. 
  The 
  logs 
  are 
  all 
  brought 
  in 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  or 
  

   below 
  and 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  water; 
  those 
  above 
  are 
  held 
  by 
  a 
  boom. 
  

   When 
  all 
  is 
  ready 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  and 
  the 
  snows 
  are 
  melting, 
  and 
  the 
  

   streams 
  are 
  consequently 
  filled, 
  this 
  dam 
  is 
  cut 
  away 
  and 
  the 
  logs 
  are 
  

   swept 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  river 
  below, 
  while 
  all 
  those 
  which 
  were 
  thrown 
  

   into 
  the 
  river 
  below 
  the 
  dam 
  are 
  picked 
  up 
  and 
  carried 
  down 
  with 
  the 
  

   flood. 
  They 
  are 
  caught 
  miles 
  below 
  with 
  a 
  boom, 
  and 
  each 
  owner 
  rec- 
  

   ognizes 
  his 
  logs 
  by 
  the 
  marks 
  upon 
  them. 
  This 
  work 
  causes 
  a 
  plowing 
  

   up 
  of 
  the 
  gravel-beds 
  by 
  the 
  logs, 
  which 
  are 
  tumbled 
  over 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  

   the 
  sweeping 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  seek 
  safety 
  

   on 
  the 
  banks, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  often 
  left 
  in 
  pools 
  to 
  perish. 
  We 
  have 
  in 
  

   every 
  case 
  avoided 
  streams 
  which 
  were 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  

   and 
  have 
  planted 
  only 
  streams 
  which 
  were 
  left 
  in 
  a 
  natural 
  condition, 
  

   and 
  which 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  or 
  had 
  been, 
  trout-streams, 
  where 
  we 
  felt 
  

   sure 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  would 
  find 
  sufficient 
  food 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  planting. 
  

  

  LANDLOCKED 
  SALMON 
  (SALMO 
  SALAR 
  Vaf. 
  SEBAGO). 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  19, 
  18S5, 
  we 
  received 
  G0,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Atkins, 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream, 
  Maine. 
  They 
  were 
  

   unpacked 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  These 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  to 
  the 
  JSTew 
  York 
  State 
  fish 
  

   commission, 
  and 
  were 
  by 
  them 
  assigned 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   lakes, 
  but, 
  through 
  some 
  misunderstanding, 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  get 
  specific 
  orders 
  

   in 
  time 
  to 
  plant 
  them 
  there, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  kept 
  so 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  

   troughs 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  danger 
  of 
  losing 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  finally 
  

   planted, 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May, 
  iu 
  lakes 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  BROWN 
  TROUT 
  (SALMO 
  FARIO). 
  

  

  On 
  February 
  24, 
  1S85, 
  we 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fischerei-Verein, 
  

   through 
  its 
  president, 
  Herr 
  von 
  Behr, 
  a 
  box 
  containing 
  40,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   the 
  Salmofario, 
  popularly 
  called 
  iu 
  England 
  "brown 
  trout." 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  forwarded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Busse, 
  of 
  Geestemunde, 
  and 
  half 
  of 
  them 
  

   were 
  billed 
  to 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  to 
  myself. 
  These 
  

   eggs, 
  which 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  ponds 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Carl 
  Schuster, 
  near 
  Freiburg, 
  

   in 
  Baden, 
  arrived 
  in 
  very 
  good 
  order. 
  The 
  fry 
  from 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   planted 
  in 
  Queens, 
  Suffolk, 
  Westchester, 
  and 
  Rockland 
  Counties, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  