38 Thirli/sirlli Ainnutl Mccliiuj 



ill spite of my tclliii.i;- him tliat it was iiii])Ossibk', ])laeed the 

 title on the list. 



I shall hope to say something on this matter next year. 



Secretary : Mr. President, there are a couple of notes here 

 from gentlemen who ask some questions on the small-mouthed 

 black bass. It might be pertinent to bring them in. 



The questions were then submitted and discussed. 



Mr. E. H. Carter of St. Johnsbury, Vt., then read a paper on 

 "Bass Ponds," which was discussed. 



Mr. Frank N. Clark of Northville, Mich., then read a paper 

 entitled "Notes on a New Hatching Jar." 



The paper was discussed. 



Mr. John W. Titcomb, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, will send for puljlication a ])aper on "Progress in 

 Fish Culture During the Past Year." Mr. Titcomb mentioned 

 and described the Rohinson device for measuring eggs, and then 

 related the following interesting incident in nature study. 



If you will allow me, by way of diversion — as you have been 

 having a good deal of serious talk, I will refer to an article 

 which I had the pleasure of reading in one of Mr. W. J. Long's 

 very interesting books, "Northern Trails," about which some of 

 you have undoubtedly heard, on the subject of the salmon. Mr. 

 Long, as you kno:w, and Mr. Eoosevelt have had a little tilt on 

 natural history. But Mr. Long has now wandered in the fields 

 of the fish culturist, and he tells in a most interesting way the 

 story of the salmon. He prefaces his book by stating that all o:^ 

 the statements are the result of his personal observations, or 

 based upon information by very reliable guides, except the his- 

 tory of the salmon in the sea. We therefore pass over the his- 

 tory of the salmon in the sea, and read with intense interest the 

 wonderful leaps of the salmon as it descends the stream. In 

 fact, there are a great many interesting stories narrated by Mr. 

 Long in his very interesting way, until he arrives at the spawn- 

 ing ground, wlicn the fish ])erf()rm tin ir usual functions, and, 

 as he states, the eggs are left to a gently flowing current. 



This is the part that will interest you; "The current of 

 water passed continually ovci' the hidden treasures. * * * 

 Beginning his life with huiigci'. he had at first eaten all that was 



