Other T routs and the Salmons. 153 



degrees warmer than fontinalis, and therefore it is 

 adapted to a wider range. 



In the winter of 1882-3 I introduced the brown trout, 

 5*. fario, into America. The eggs were sent to me as 

 a personal present by the late Baron von Behr, Presi- 

 dent of the German Fishery Association. I had taken 

 the fish in the Black Forest, Germany, and had told 

 Herr von Behr that, if opportunity offered, I would 

 introduce it in America. Some years later (January, 

 1883) I was appointed to start a hatchery on Long 

 Island, and he sant me something like 100,000 eggs, 

 most of which were good. I had not time to prepare 

 for their hatching, and sent some of the eggs to Mr. 

 Clark, Superintendent U. S. F. C, in Michigan, and 

 some to Mr. Green, at Caledonia, N. Y., who, like my- 

 self, was a State superintendent of a hatchery. Mr. 

 Clark publicly acknowledged this present of eggs, but 

 Mr. Green, who never could admit that there was more 

 than one fishculturist on earth, gave it out that he im- 

 ported the eggs and took the liberty of calling them 

 "German" trout. He had a way of giving new names 

 to fish, deriving them from some locality, such as 

 "California mountain trout," "Oswego bass," etc., 

 which have mostly died out. The unfortunate promi- 

 nence which the newspapers gave him retarded fish- 

 culture some years, through his antagonism to Prof. 

 Baird and all other fishculturists. "Top rail or no 

 fence" was the motto, and as he was a "pioneer," he 

 had the backing of ignorant editors. He was a man of 

 brains, but newspaper notoriety was his weak point. 



GROWTH OF BROWN TROUT. 



Some anglers have objected to the introduction of 



