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spawn, and that the experiment will be successful." (Bull. U. 

 S. Fish Com., iv, 1884, 219.) 



In June, 1885, he says : 



"My thirteen Black Bass have spawned. I have caught 

 11,800 of the fry, and placed them in ponds that have no other 

 fish." 



In August, 1885, he wrote : 



" I am pleased to say that the fish multiplied abundantly. I 

 had 1 ,200 in the fall of 1884, and have caught more than 22,000 

 fry this season." 



Count Von dem Borne has now more Black Bass, of both 

 species, than he can take care of, and is shipping them to 

 other parts of Europe. In 1886, he published a small trea- 

 tise, " Der Schwartzbarsch und der Forrellenbarsch " (The 

 Black Bass and the Trout Bass), and a larger edition in 

 1888. He is very enthusiastic in regard to the Black Bass 

 as a game fish and food fish. 



In March, 1885, Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, of New York, 

 sent five young Black Bass to the Zoological Garden at 

 Amsterdam, where they arrived in excellent condition. In 

 December, 1885, the " Journal of the Society for the Pro- 

 motion of the Fresh-water Fisheries in the Netherlands," 

 says : 



"The Amsterdam Aquarium at present possesses four fine 

 specimens of Black Bass, which grow well, and will, in all prob- 

 ability, reach sexual maturity." 



In April, 1882, Mr. Geo. Sh'epard Page took a small lot 

 of Black Bass, comprising both species, on the steamer 



