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  BEPOBT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHEKIES. 
  [4] 
  

  

  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford 
  and 
  myself. 
  It 
  was 
  agreed 
  that 
  both 
  packages 
  should 
  

   be 
  equally 
  divided 
  between 
  the 
  three, 
  so 
  that 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  failure 
  in 
  

   either 
  lot 
  we 
  would 
  all 
  receive 
  a 
  share 
  of 
  such 
  eggs 
  as 
  were 
  good. 
  Ou 
  

   March 
  1 
  the 
  case 
  for 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  containing 
  64,000, 
  came 
  to 
  hand 
  

   in 
  a 
  very 
  bad 
  condition. 
  There 
  were 
  about 
  10,000 
  eggs 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  

   turned 
  white, 
  and 
  hopes 
  were 
  entertained 
  that 
  some 
  fish 
  might 
  come 
  

   from 
  them. 
  These 
  were 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  hatching 
  trays, 
  but 
  within 
  

   a 
  week 
  all 
  had 
  turned 
  white 
  or 
  burst, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  embryos 
  were 
  

   dead 
  in 
  the 
  egg 
  when 
  received, 
  although 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  become 
  opaque. 
  

   This 
  fact 
  was 
  suspected 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  because 
  no 
  movement 
  could 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  eggs 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  far 
  advanced. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  20 
  we 
  received 
  another 
  package 
  from 
  Herr 
  von 
  Behr, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  40,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  brown 
  trout 
  packed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Schuster, 
  of 
  Freiburg. 
  

   Baden, 
  in 
  good 
  order. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  exceedingly 
  light 
  

   colored, 
  and 
  I 
  wrote 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Schuster, 
  asking 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  different 
  fish. 
  

   He 
  answered 
  me, 
  "the 
  light 
  colored 
  eggs 
  came 
  from 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  

   Danube, 
  while 
  the 
  higher 
  colored 
  ones 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  Neckar. 
  7 
  ' 
  We 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  4,134 
  dead 
  ones, 
  and 
  shipped 
  10,000 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Clark, 
  Northville, 
  

   Mich., 
  and 
  3,000 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  Wytheville, 
  Va. 
  Those 
  retained 
  at 
  

   Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  hatched 
  exceedingly 
  well, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  

   planted 
  in 
  Clendon 
  Brook, 
  Warren 
  County, 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  

   were 
  kept 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  From 
  this 
  stock 
  some 
  7,000 
  fry 
  were 
  sent 
  

   to 
  Lake 
  Brandon, 
  Essex 
  Connty, 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  Station 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  fish 
  commission. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  16 
  we 
  received 
  from 
  Max 
  von 
  dem 
  Borne, 
  the 
  celebrated 
  

   fish-culturistof 
  Berneuchen, 
  Germany, 
  two 
  cases, 
  each 
  containing 
  25,000 
  

   eggs 
  of 
  the 
  brown 
  trout, 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition; 
  only 
  480 
  dead 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  removed. 
  Thirteen 
  thousand 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Clark, 
  North 
  

   ville, 
  Mich., 
  and 
  1,000 
  to 
  James 
  Nevin, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Wiscon- 
  

   sin 
  fishery 
  commission, 
  at 
  Madison. 
  At 
  present 
  writing 
  the 
  fry 
  arc- 
  

   strong 
  and 
  healthy, 
  but 
  have 
  not 
  begun 
  to 
  take 
  food. 
  Concerning 
  

   these 
  last 
  two 
  lots 
  of 
  fish, 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  writes 
  me 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  10, 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  "The 
  first 
  lot 
  of 
  brown 
  trout 
  came 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  fry 
  

   are 
  doing 
  well. 
  The 
  last 
  — 
  the 
  von 
  dem 
  Borne 
  loi>— 
  came 
  in 
  poor 
  condi- 
  

   tion, 
  about 
  one-half 
  being 
  hatched 
  on 
  arrival; 
  but 
  we 
  shall 
  8ave 
  four 
  

   or 
  five 
  thousand 
  nice 
  fry 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  lot." 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  is 
  strong, 
  quick-growing, 
  and 
  gamy, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  on 
  several 
  

   occasions 
  declared 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  trout 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen. 
  In 
  

   Europe 
  they 
  endure 
  waters 
  considerably 
  warmer 
  than 
  our 
  Atlantic 
  

   brook 
  trout 
  (8. 
  fontinalis) 
  can 
  stand. 
  I 
  have 
  one 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  ponds, 
  

   a 
  fine 
  male 
  trout, 
  which 
  at 
  two 
  years 
  old 
  would 
  weigh 
  nearly 
  2 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Cold 
  Speeng 
  Hakboe, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  JL5, 
  1886. 
  

  

  