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myriads of young Bass, six or eight inches long, were per- 

 ceived the following year. 



Not only in our own country have new waters been suc- 

 cessfully stocked with both species of Black Bass, but they 

 have been transplanted to England, Scotland, Germany and 

 the Netherlands. 



" Of twelve hundred Black Bass brought from the United 

 States by Mr. W. T. Silk, one hundred and forty were placed in 

 the river Nene. They were from four to seven inches in length. 

 The river has a number of small backwaters, with swill currents 

 and gravelly bottoms, and also deep, quiet holes. Fishing will 

 be prohibited for some years, until the fish are well established. 

 I think the Nene and the Welland are the only rivers iu Eng- 

 land where the Bass have been put ; but they are in several 

 lakes." (London Fishing Gazette, December 1, 1883.) 



" Of the seven large-mouthed, and forty -five small-mouthed 

 Bass which Mr. Eckardt, Jr., brought from America in Feb- 

 ruary, 1883, the greater number died, probably in consequence 

 of the long journey, so that this spring there remained only 

 three of the former and ten of the latter, which I placed in two 

 ponds, supplied with gravel beds for spawning." (Max Von dem 

 Borne, Circular No. 4, 1884, German Fishery Association, Berlin, 

 June, 1884.) 



The ponds of Count Von dem Borne, alluded to above, 

 are located at Berneuchen, Germany. On June 15, 1884, 

 he wrote : 



"To-day I had the satisfaction of finding that the three 

 large fish had spawned, and the pond actually swarms with fry. 

 I have caught with a small net more than two thousand, and have 

 put them into another pond which is free from other fish. I 

 have no doubt that next spring the small-mouthed Bass will 



