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females from which the eggs ran freely as they were 

 lifted from the seine into the boat, and one ripe male 

 from which the milt could be stripped. These fish were 

 taken from the seine by Capt. Oliver Vaughn of Lake 

 Arthur, La., but Mr. Ernest Barbe of Lake Charles, La., 

 also saw both milt and eggs as they came from the fish. 

 Unfortunately Mr. Tulian was detained at our head- 

 quarters in New Orleans on this date and as none of the 

 employees on the ground understood the method of arti- 

 ficially fertilizing and hatching fish eggs, the matured 

 milt and eggs could not be utilized. However, the three 

 fish were transferred to a very small enclosure and held 

 until Mr. Tulian's arrival, three or four days later, when 

 he immediately examined them and found all three spent. 



Because of continuous heavy winds the seine could not 

 be hauled from the 22d until the 26th. On the latter date, 

 however, seining operations were continued and re- 

 sulted in taking seven spent females and six spent males, 

 one female with mature eggs running from its vent, and 

 two unripe males. For various other reasons, and owing 

 to bad weather and the fact that no immature females 

 had been taken during the day we decided to suspend 

 further fishing operations. 



The Superintendent of our Fisheries Department and 

 a couple of other employees remained at White Lake until 

 afternoon of the 30th. During the last days there, the fish 

 which had been transferred alive to the enclosure at our 

 camp were caught and a number of the more desirable 

 specimens killed and opened. Every fish which had been 

 empounded, except one, was found alive and in fine con- 

 dition; the only external injury observed being a slight 

 wearing away of the tail or a few minor scratches on 

 the bill of three or four specimens. Twenty of the fish 

 taken from the enclosure had been confined there twenty- 

 three days. The roe of the unripe females and organs of 

 all the fish opened were perfectly healthy and sound. 

 Among these were a couple of immature males whose milt 

 was absolutely healthy and normal. 



