sachusetts, but three arrived alive. These were placed in the Bay of 

 San Francisco. 



One can of small salt-water Eels, about one thousand five hundred, 

 obtained in New York harbor, were dej^osited in the Bay of San Fran- 

 cisco, opposite Brooklyn. 



The details of Mr. Stone's experiments, in gathering and transporting 

 these different varieties of fish on so long a journey, will be found ap- 

 I^ended to this report, and are a valuable contribution to the new science 

 of fish culture, and will enable the Commissioners of other States to 

 take advantage of Mr. Stone's experiments in the transportation of live 

 fish during long journeys. 



Of the new varieties of fish thus introduced into the waters of Cali- 

 fornia, we are satisfied that the greater number have found congenial 

 homes, and have spawned. Black Bass have, during the present season, 

 been caught in Napa Creek, and large numbers of the young have been 

 seen. By another season thej" could be obtained in limited quantities 

 for the purpose of stocking ponds and streams in other portions of the 

 State, by such persons as desire them. They should only be placed, 

 howevei', in streams and ponds not adapted to Trout, for the reason 

 that if placed in Trout streams they destroy the Trout. The Black Bass 

 placed in Alameda Creek have been seen, but so far as we can learn, 

 none have been caught. One of the Glass-eyed Perch placed in the 

 Sacramento Eiver has been caught in a slough, to which it was probably 

 repairing for the purpose of spawning. No report has come to us that 

 any of the young have j'et been seen. 



The Schujikill Catfish and the Mississippi Catfish, placed in the 

 San Joaquin Eiver, have grown rapidly and spawned, but several of 

 the large fish, and many of the young ones, have been caught by the 

 fishermen near the San Joaquin bridge, and have been returned to the 

 river. The fishermen at that point are much interested in their suc- 

 cessful cultivation, and seem desirous that they should be preserved. 

 By another year they will be so numerous that thej'^ may be caught 

 with safety and shipped to market, as it would be impossible to exhaust 

 the river by ordinary fishing. The Horn-pouts, a species of small Cat- 

 fish from Lake Champlain, which were placed in the lakes near Sacra- 

 mento, have increased so abundantly that nearly one thousand have 

 been caught and transported to the various lakes and sloughs in the 

 Sacramento Valley. We caused several hundred of them to be placed 

 in lakes containing brush and dead trees, in which it would be impossi- 

 ble to seine them. The acclimatization and perpetuation of these fish 

 in the Sacramento Valley is assured, as they are now so situated that no 

 amount of fishing will exhaust them. 



Of the fresh-water Eels placed in a tributaiy of the Sacramento River, 

 we learn that one had been caught in Willow Slough, in Yolo County, 

 which had grown to be more than a foot in length. 



None of the Eastern Salmon have been seen since they were placed 

 in the Sacramento Eiver. It is hardly to be expected that they should 

 be, as yet, as without doubt they have gone to the ocean, not to return 

 until the Spring of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, when we hope to 

 hear of some of them being caught on their return for the purpose of 

 spawning. It will be interesting to learn, in after years, if they will 

 cross with the Sacramento Salmon and produce a new variety. 



The Eock Bass, place(i in Napa Creek, we have not heard from. 



We have no knowledge that the Tautogs, salt-water Eels, and spawn- 

 ing Lobsters, placed in San Francisco Bay, have ever been seen. Many 



