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care, at his hatching house at "(xreen (Spring," and when 

 ready for distribution, disposed of them as appears in the 

 table. We are not hopeful of any results, as this variety is 

 an inhabitant of much colder waters. Those which we have 

 kept over, have not thrived as the Western variety have. 



The Salmon or Lake Trout — (Salmo Namaycusli.) 



We obtained a few thousand eggs of the Salmon Trout from 

 the State of New York, some of which were hatched at the 

 mansion in Druid Hill Park, by permission of the Park Com- 

 mission, but unfortunately, during the severe cold in Febru- 

 ary, the pipe which furnished the jars with water froze, and 

 the iish and eggs were all lost. Some two thousand were 

 successfully hatched in the library of one of your Commis- 

 sioners in Baltimore, and about one thousand of the young 

 iisli were placed in Druid Lake by permission of th« Water 

 Board — the others were placed in small streams tributary to 

 the Gunpowder, in Baltimore county. The growth of those 

 kept over from last year, has induced your Commissioners to 

 make the experiment of the introduction of the Salmon Trout 

 on a larger scale. We, have therefore, obtained some forty- 

 five thousand ova from Seth Green^ Superintendent of the New 

 York Commission, which are now in the hatching house in 

 Druid Hill Park. 



Land IjOCKED Salmon — (Salmo Tohago.) 



The game qualities of this fish, which resembles the Maine 

 Salmon so closely, that it is still an undetermined question with 

 Naturalists, whether it be a separate species, have induced 

 your Commissioners to request some ova from the U. S. Com- 

 missioner, that their introduction may be attempted. Prof. 

 Baird has promised to present us Avith a lot of the eggs, should 

 he be successful in procuring a supply. This Laud Locked 

 Salmon attains the size of from six to eight jiounds, is of ex- 

 cellent llavour, takes the fly readily through a good portion 

 of the year, and is perhaps the gamest of his family. 



California Salmon— (/S«?y?io Quinnant.) 



This is the most important of the fishes which have been 

 Unknown to oui- waters, and have been introduced bv us. 



