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rainbow eggs, get them, from Eastern America, where 

 the spawning habit has been changed from spring to 

 early winter." 



My answers were not satisfactory to myself; they 

 hinted that I was not certain about question i, and I 

 asked Mr. Marston to send me galley slips. These I 

 sent out, and the answers show that I did not know it 

 all. Here they are : 



Hon. Herschel Whitaker, of the Michigan Fish Com- 

 mission, one of the most able and enthusiastic of fish- 

 culturists, writes : 



"Regarding the questions which you wish me to 

 make some suggestions about, will say, so far as query 

 I is concerned: We have had considerable experience 

 with this fish in our State, and a somewhat peculiar 

 one. Several years ago we began stocking streams, 

 and after a few years became utterly discouraged be- 

 cause of their non-appearance, and became convinced 

 there was no use continuing the work and quit it, liber- 

 ating the stock fish we had in a water near by the hatch- 

 ery. In the course of a few seasons we were astonished 

 to find that in some of our better rivers the rainbow was 

 showing up magnificently and spawning. The fish 

 soon became so popular with sportsmen that we again 

 secured a stock of fish, and have since been stocking 

 waters to which they take kindly, which are our larger 

 streams, that afford deep pools, where they seem to 

 remain most of the year, although in June and July 

 many small rainbows are taken on the riffles. It is now 

 thoroughly established in several of our rivers, and is 

 the fish all anglers are looking for. Its edible quali- 

 ties, in my opinion, are not to be compared with the 

 brook trout, but he is a fighter from way back. 



"So far as its being good friends with the brook trout 



