Sixth Annual Meetim 



Mr. Hall : If I am not trespassing too much upon the time 

 of the gentlemen, I wish to say that there has been some informa- 

 tion given me since I have been sitting hei'e in regard to the 

 specimens of trout that we have here upon the table, by Mr. 

 Wilmot, and I think it might be interesting to the gentlemen, 

 and I know it would be so to myself, if Mr. Wilmot would 

 state the facts that he has in reference to it. 



Mr. Hallock : I beg Mr. Wilmot's pardon for not asking 

 him to say something upon the subject. 



Mr. Wilmot : I am almost beginning to feel that I have 

 monopolized too much of the time of this meeting; but I come 

 from Canada, and I have come for the purpose of gaining infor- 

 mation, and, if possible, giving some. I know very well the 

 meeting is far advanced, and many gentlemen desirious of going 

 home, but at the same time I think if anything can be learned 

 we should endeavor to get possession of all that we possibly can. 

 I am not prepared to say that I am going to give any knowledge 

 in reference to this fish, but the gentleman who introduced it 

 upon the table said he thought it should be cultivated in an 

 artificial way, and I will state that we are engaged in that way 

 now. The establishment on the Saginaw River has a large 

 number of sea-trout ova now hatching out. I have been in the 

 habit of catching these fish very numerously every year, and 

 though I have come in collision in many instances with gen- 

 tlemen who have different ideas on the subject of these fish, yet 

 I am of the opinion that this fish, or the salmo Canadensis as it is 

 termed by Mr. Hallock, is one and the same as the speckled- 

 trout, or salmo fontinalis. I always had that belief. He says they 

 are only caught for about six weeks in certain places. That can 

 be easilv accounted for. There is but a short period of time in 

 which the leases are given by our Government to the salmon- 

 fishermen. They come up these rivers with a fly, and are there 



