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  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  them 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  construction 
  train 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  

   said 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  brin;^ 
  the 
  adult 
  fish 
  across 
  the 
  continent, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  useless 
  to 
  try. 
  The 
  Commissioners 
  experimented 
  on 
  the 
  

   last 
  alternative. 
  They 
  sought 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  to 
  ascertain 
  whether 
  

   it 
  was 
  possible 
  for 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  fresh 
  water 
  instead 
  of 
  

   salt, 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  cross 
  the 
  continent. 
  They 
  did 
  not 
  hear 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Green 
  for 
  three 
  months, 
  and 
  he 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  spent 
  that 
  

   time 
  in 
  experiments, 
  lie 
  had 
  hatched 
  young 
  fish, 
  had 
  kept 
  them 
  

   in 
  glass 
  jars, 
  and 
  had 
  ascertained 
  that 
  life 
  could 
  be 
  preserved 
  for 
  

   several 
  weeks, 
  and 
  he 
  could 
  transport 
  any 
  number 
  required. 
  

  

  He 
  brought 
  on 
  to 
  this 
  coast 
  15,000. 
  They 
  were 
  hatched 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  on 
  Saturday 
  night, 
  they 
  arrived 
  here 
  on 
  Tuesday 
  week, 
  and 
  

   at 
  nine 
  o'clock 
  that 
  night 
  they 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  above 
  

   Tehama. 
  Mr. 
  Green 
  examined 
  the 
  water 
  there 
  and 
  pronounced 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  favorable. 
  He 
  afterwards 
  examined 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   harbor 
  and 
  found 
  the 
  feed 
  good 
  on 
  the 
  coast. 
  No 
  fish 
  were 
  lost 
  on 
  

   the 
  way 
  except 
  those 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  for 
  experiments. 
  

   Above 
  Tehama 
  last 
  year 
  an 
  Indian 
  caught 
  a 
  Uttle 
  fish, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  

   could 
  tell 
  what 
  it 
  was. 
  Mr. 
  Throckmorton 
  had 
  not 
  seen 
  it. 
  The 
  

   first 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  presented 
  was 
  caught 
  recently 
  in 
  a 
  trap 
  below 
  

   Vallejo. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  male 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  full 
  grown. 
  The 
  fish 
  would 
  

   be 
  at 
  maturity 
  next 
  year, 
  and 
  they 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  the 
  har- 
  

   bor 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  by 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  April. 
  They 
  would 
  be 
  full-sized 
  

   breeding 
  fish, 
  and 
  if 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  the 
  15,000 
  came 
  back 
  as 
  breeding 
  

   fish, 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  sufficient 
  to 
  stock 
  our 
  coast. 
  

  

  Last 
  year 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  had 
  sent 
  East 
  for 
  50,000 
  fish, 
  but 
  

   the 
  very 
  hot 
  weather 
  which 
  prevailed 
  broke 
  up 
  the 
  arrangement. 
  

   This 
  year 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  have 
  made 
  ample 
  arrangements 
  for 
  a 
  

   supply 
  of 
  Eastern 
  fish. 
  They 
  have 
  now 
  at 
  Charlestown, 
  New 
  Hamp- 
  

   shire, 
  a 
  full-sized 
  car, 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Central 
  

   Pacific 
  Company. 
  The 
  car 
  was 
  being 
  fitted 
  up 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  appli- 
  

   ances 
  for 
  the 
  conveyance 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  consignment 
  of 
  fish 
  ; 
  whicii 
  will 
  

   consist 
  of 
  black 
  bass, 
  white 
  perch, 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  and 
  glass-eyed 
  

   perch, 
  eels, 
  cat-fish 
  and 
  lobsters 
  ; 
  and 
  when 
  it 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  Hud- 
  

   son 
  River 
  it 
  would 
  stop 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  take 
  in 
  100,000 
  shad. 
  The 
  

   car 
  would 
  arrive 
  in 
  California 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June. 
  From 
  this 
  

   consignment 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  hoped 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  fair 
  start 
  in 
  stock- 
  

  

  