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  to 
  spawn, 
  so 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  spawning 
  trout 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  traps, 
  of 
  

   which 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  had 
  several 
  in 
  the 
  creeks 
  ; 
  and, 
  besides 
  this, 
  it 
  brought 
  

   the 
  spawning 
  season 
  to 
  a 
  sudden 
  and 
  very 
  unexpected 
  close 
  in 
  March, 
  

   only 
  113,300 
  eggs 
  being 
  taken 
  after 
  the 
  1st 
  day 
  of 
  April. 
  A 
  total, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  of 
  313,600 
  eggs 
  was 
  secured 
  during 
  the 
  season, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  creditable, 
  considering 
  the 
  circumstances. 
  

  

  One 
  lot 
  shipped 
  to 
  Washington 
  was 
  frozen 
  in 
  transit, 
  but 
  the 
  tem- 
  

   perature 
  that 
  week 
  at 
  various 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  overland 
  route 
  was 
  27° 
  be- 
  

   low 
  zero, 
  which, 
  with 
  some 
  possible 
  lack 
  of 
  attention 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   agents 
  of 
  the 
  express 
  company, 
  readily 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  disaster. 
  

  

  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  this 
  shipment, 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  says 
  : 
  "They 
  were 
  the 
  best 
  

   eggs 
  ever 
  taken 
  here, 
  and 
  I 
  got 
  splendid 
  moss 
  and 
  packed 
  them 
  with 
  

   great 
  care 
  myself. 
  I 
  then 
  made 
  nice 
  crates, 
  exactly 
  as 
  always 
  before, 
  and 
  

   had 
  ice 
  put 
  on 
  them 
  in 
  Redding; 
  sent 
  them 
  from 
  here 
  to 
  Redding 
  on 
  a 
  

   spring 
  wagon. 
  The 
  first 
  lot 
  was 
  shipped 
  in 
  two 
  crates. 
  The 
  box 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  in 
  was 
  15 
  inches 
  square 
  and 
  7 
  inches 
  high, 
  and 
  I 
  made 
  the 
  crates 
  

   22 
  inches 
  square 
  and 
  2 
  feet 
  high. 
  The 
  second 
  box 
  was 
  14 
  inches 
  square 
  

   and 
  7 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  crate 
  21 
  inches 
  square 
  and 
  2 
  feet 
  high. 
  They 
  

   were 
  one 
  inch 
  larger 
  than 
  I 
  generally 
  make 
  them." 
  

  

  It 
  accordingly 
  appears 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  took 
  sufficient 
  care 
  to 
  get 
  this 
  

   lot 
  of 
  eggs 
  through 
  safely 
  in 
  ordinary 
  weather, 
  but 
  the 
  extreme 
  cold 
  on 
  

   the 
  way 
  would 
  freeze 
  eggs 
  in 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  packing, 
  if 
  exposed 
  to 
  it, 
  

   which 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  this 
  lot. 
  The 
  eggs 
  generally, 
  which 
  

   were 
  sent 
  East, 
  arrived, 
  with 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  exception, 
  in 
  good 
  

   order, 
  as 
  the 
  following 
  letters 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Loren 
  W. 
  Green 
  indicate 
  : 
  

  

  '•I 
  am 
  in 
  receipt 
  of 
  your 
  letter 
  of 
  the 
  9th 
  announcing 
  the 
  transmis- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  an 
  additional 
  supply 
  of 
  trout 
  eggs. 
  It 
  gives 
  me 
  pleasure 
  to 
  

   find 
  the 
  station 
  so 
  productive 
  this 
  year 
  and 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  eggs 
  in 
  such 
  

   good 
  condition. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  lot, 
  which 
  was 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  worthless, 
  nearly 
  everything 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  hand 
  in 
  an 
  entirely 
  

   satisfactory 
  condition." 
  [Spencer 
  F. 
  Baikd.] 
  

  

  "The 
  trout 
  eggs 
  came 
  safely 
  to 
  hand 
  here 
  on 
  the 
  31st 
  of 
  March, 
  and 
  

   were 
  immediately 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Allentown. 
  The 
  superin- 
  

   tendent 
  reports 
  them 
  in 
  good 
  order. 
  Only 
  224 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  10,000 
  were 
  

   dead, 
  which, 
  considering 
  the 
  circumstances, 
  we 
  think 
  very 
  good." 
  [A. 
  

   M. 
  Spangler, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa., 
  April 
  3, 
  1885.] 
  

  

  "I 
  am 
  very 
  sorry 
  you 
  could 
  not 
  send 
  us 
  the 
  full 
  complement 
  of 
  eggs. 
  

   They 
  came 
  through 
  very 
  nicely, 
  and 
  were 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  and 
  1 
  

   do 
  not 
  think 
  there 
  were 
  twenty 
  dead 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  lot. 
  Your 
  mode 
  of 
  

   packing 
  cannot 
  be 
  excelled." 
  [Otto 
  Gramm, 
  LaramieCity, 
  Wyo., 
  April 
  

   7, 
  1885.] 
  

  

  A 
  circumstance 
  occurred 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  sufficiently 
  ex- 
  

   traordinary, 
  I 
  think, 
  to 
  entitle 
  it 
  to 
  a 
  brief 
  notice 
  here. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  singular 
  

   fact 
  that 
  the 
  central 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  solar 
  eclipse 
  of 
  March 
  10, 
  1885, 
  

   passed 
  within 
  six 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  tront-breeding 
  station. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  wrote 
  

  

  