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years not a Salmon was seen. In 1866, or thereabouts, the 

 Commissioners of Connecticut began to plant Salmon in 

 this river, and four years afterwards they began to appear. 

 In the first year 500 fine Salmon, of 15 Ibs. to 20 Ibs. each, 

 were taken ; in the following year almost an equal number. 

 Since that the Commissioners of the States have discon- 

 tinued Salmon culture in that river, the supply has again 

 fallen off, and the river might now be considered practically 

 deprived of its Salmon again. He simply wished to add a 

 word in confirmation of what Sir James Maitland and Dr. 

 Day had said concerning American Bass. Although he 

 did not like to say anything against a fish which was a 

 countryman of his own, he thought it was a fish which 

 interested only the private individuals who were able and 

 willing to feed him, and were willing to pay any sum for 

 the gratification they found in angling. So far as fish 

 with which public fish culturists should deal, the Black Bass 

 had no claims whatever, unless they put him into the same 

 stream with Pike, and let them fight it out together. 



Mr. W. OLDHAM CHAMBERS, seeing Professor Brown 

 Goode on the platTorm, thought perhaps he would have 

 given the Conference the benefit of his experience with the 

 Salmo sebago. A few months ago Professor Baird sent him 

 over fifteen thousand eggs of the land-locked Salmon, in 

 the hope that they would form an important feature in 

 fish breeding in this country, but he said nothing or little 

 about the Salmo sebago. He thought there were many 

 rivers in England which were completely cut off from the 

 sea, and if the land-locked Salmon could be introduced 

 into them, or into the Broads of Norfolk, it would be very 

 advantageous. 



Professor G. BROWN GOODE remarked that his colleague 

 Mr. Earle might be able to give more definite information 



