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the Lakes of Antoine and Levera in Granada. They are 

 caught in the Black and Milk Rivers of Jamaica and 

 off Port Eoyal. 



The mature fish begin to arrive in considerable num- 

 bers at Aransas Pass, Texas, about March, but they 

 do not take the bait readily till May or June. They 

 disappear from this locality about November 15th. 

 The fishing here is at its best during June and October. 



Mr. J. E. Cotter of Aransas Pass informs me that 

 the females are full of roe in May and June and he is 

 of the opinion that they spawn in the near-by Bays 

 during these months. He has caught 3" tarpon in a 

 cast net in this locality. 



The Panuco River at Tampico, Mexico, and its trib- 

 utary streams are also supposed to be breeding places. 

 They are found there in great numbers from November 

 to April, which roughly corresponds to the months 

 during which they are absent from our Southern 

 Coasts. 



Mr. William Markham of Cristobal, Canal Zone, has 

 been on the Isthmus about thirteen years. He informs 

 me that tarpon as small as 10" have been caught there 

 on a fly, but he has never seen smaller fish in these 

 waters. Great quantities of small fish come down the 

 spillway of the Gatun Dam and are greedily devoured 

 by thousands of waiting tarpon. The tarpon are pres- 

 ent perennially at this point. Mr. Markham has used 

 small nets to obtain bait for mackerel for many years 

 but he never caught a very small tarpon in any of the 

 creeks or coves of this region. He has made inquiries 

 of the natives at my request but they report they have 



