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lakes and ponds in different parts of the State were sup- 

 plied with Black Bass. 



"As early as 1864 or 1865 Black Bass had been put 

 into Rust's Pond, near Wolfoorough, New Hampshire ; in 

 1868 a few were brought to Charlestown and Lakes Mas- 

 sabesic, Sunapee, Pennacook, and Echo, and Enfield, 

 Wilson's and Cocheco Ponds were well stocked; in 1870 

 and 1871 the New Hampshire Commissioners introduced 

 the Black Bass from Lake Champlain into the waters of 

 the State at Meredith, Canaan, Webster, Canterbury, Har- 

 risville, Munsonville, Hillsborough, Warner, Sutton, New 

 London, Andover, Loudon, Concord, and in Croydon. In 

 Massabesic and Sunapee Lakes, where they had been in- 

 troduced, in 1868 and 1869, they were found to have 

 increased, and, on the authority of Dr. W. W. Fletcher, 

 they have become exceedingly numerous in Sunapee 

 Lake. 



" The Commissioners of the Slate of Rhode Island, since 

 1870, have stocked thirty ponds or small lakes in different 

 parts of the State with the Black Bass. 



" In Maine, in the fall of 1869, the State Commissioners 

 and the Oquossoc Angling Association introduced from 

 Newburgh, New York, a quantity of Black Bass. The 

 waters of Duck Pond, at Falmouth; Fitz Pond, in Ded- 

 ham ; Newport and Philips Ponds, Cochnewagan Pond, in 

 Monmouth; Cobbosseecontee Lake, in Winthrop and ad- 

 joining towns, were stocked, and a few years afterward 

 were reported to have increased largely in numbers. 



" Since the year 1871, Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides) 

 and Oswego Bass (Micropterus nigricans) have been put 

 into seventy lakes, ponds, or streams of the State of New 

 York by the Commissioners. They had made their way of 



