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in continuing the experiments, because if we did domesticate 

 them and accustom them to fresh water, they would be no bet- 

 ter than the land-locked salmon, which are already by nature 

 accustomed to fresh water, and so we discontinued further ex- 

 periments. 



Mr. B. 0. Webster, Belief onte. Pa.; An Atlantic salmon 

 which we now hold in Bellefonte has grown to be fourteen or 

 fifteen inches in length. 



Mr. W. T. Thompson, Leadville, Colo. : A point was brought 

 out along the line of the Pacific coast salmon which was rather 

 the subject of Mr. Ward's paper, but we did not get all the in- 

 formation that might be given on that suliject. I think the Bu- 

 reau of Fisheries must be able to furnish a little more about the 

 success or non-success of the efforts to introduce the Pacific 

 coast salmon into the x^tlantic waters. Some of us are not well 

 posted on the results, and if we could induce the commissioner 

 or Mr. Titcomb, or some one to give us a little information, I 

 think it would be appreciated by all. 



President: Will Mr. Titcomb respond to Mr. Thompson's 

 inquiry with regard to the success of efforts to introduce Pacific 

 salmon on the Atlantic coast? 



Mr. Titcomb : I have no statistics, but my impression is 

 that 5,000,000 of salmon fry were planted in the tributaries 

 along the Atlantic coast from Maine south to the Connecticut 

 river, and possibly a little further south. They totally disap- 

 peared. Since then we have been trying the silver salmon and 

 the humpbacked salmon in the rivers of Elaine. It seems that 

 the habits of these fish are more likely to l)e suital)le to meet the 

 requirements of these shorter rivers along the coast of Maine, 

 and we have some hopes of success. They were planted in quite 

 large numbers; some as fry, some as fingerlings three or four 

 inches in length. They are both very hardy fish and easily rear- 

 ed to that size, but I cannot report any results as yet. I can re- 

 port favorable results from the introduction of the chinook sal- 

 mon (Oncorhyncus Tschaicytscha) in fresh water lakes. In Xew 

 Hampshire lakes they have been caught weighing nine or ten 

 ])ounds, and liave attracted the attention of the anglers. We do 



