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"love to congregate " in sj)ring and fall, wliicli, together with the 

 large settlement that has beeen formed in consequence, place this 

 ancient and favorite haunt of the Schoodic salmon among the multi- 

 tude of fisheries destroyed by the intrusion of manufacturing indus- 

 try. When the purpose of landowners in this region to build a 

 tannery at this point first reached the ears of the sportsmen who 

 were accustomed to visit this spot, it caused a buzz of indignation and 

 alarm, and there arose among them a strong desire to rescue this 

 valuable fishery from the threatened despoliation. Two years ago 

 this spring I was appointed one of a committee authorized to purchase 

 land on both sides of this stream below the dam on behalf of the 

 Oquossuc Angling Association — an association of gentlemen anglers 

 already possessing valuable ^ands and waters in Maine for fishing 

 purposes. But our effort was made too late. It was obviously of 

 more importance to the landowners and inhabitants of the region to 

 have a tannery there than once or twice a year a party of anglers. 

 And they cared little for the fish — indeed they seemed to look upon 

 those who came from such a distance at such a great cost to kill a few 

 of these fish as a parcel of lunatics. I appealed to Mr. Charles G. 

 Akins, the very able and gentlemanly fish commissioner of Maine, 

 who visited tlie stream at that time, for his intervention against the 

 tannery; but although his sympatliies were with the anglers and in 

 favor of saving the fish from destruction, he said that he was clothed 

 with nopoM^er to stop the proposed occupation of this beautiful stream 

 by its owners to develop its water-power. Mr. Atkins regards the 

 fishery as doomed to rapid destruction. The fish may come into the 

 stream in some numbers for a few years, but they must gradually dis- 

 appear before this invasion of their natural domain by what we 

 usually glorify as the "progress of civilization*" But if the Schoodic 

 salmon is to be driven from its native waters, it is likely to be kindly 

 provided with a home where it has hitherto been unknown. Of 

 course such a valuable fish as this for food and for sport could not 

 long be overlooked by the fish culturists. Various experiments have 

 been made, both by individuals and by State fish commissioners, to 

 introduce these fish into other waters, and in most instances it has 

 been successful ; though it may be said that these various experi- 

 ments have not been sufficiently tested Ijy time. It is tolerably 

 certain, however, that the Schoodic salmon will thrive in fresh-water 

 lakes and streams which are favoi-able to the existence of large brook 

 trout. In October, 1868, Mr. Atkins, the fish commissioner of Maine, 

 took a lot of spawn at Grand Lake stream, part of which was carried 



