150 Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting. 
Those falls, of course, through the wearing down of the rock, 
have come into existence gradually, and such of these lateral 
streams as are peopled by fishes were doubtless stocked before 
these falls became impassable. but in some instances the falls 
became impassable at once, before the streams were stocked, and 
as a result there are no trout or fish of any kind in many of 
them. In fact, the majority of the east and west tributaries are 
entirely without fish, although every indication points to the 
fact that they would be exceedingly well adapted to trout. And 
this is one of the good fields for fish cultural work, either by 
the Bureau of Fisheries or the state of California, that is to say, 
taking fish from streams where they are found and planting 
them into these barren waters. 
On the west side of Kern River is the Little Kern, which 
has trout in a number of its tributaries. We found them in 
Soda Creek, a small stream, and learned that they had been 
transplanted by ranchers over to the headwaters of the south 
fork of the Kaweah, and we found the trout in these two places 
identical. 
On the east is a stream called the South Fork, and just 
north of it is Voleano Creek, the stream of most interest to us, 
flowing nearly due south, and then making an abrupt bend to 
the westward. At the point where it makes a bend to the west- 
ward it comes within a few rods of the south fork of the Kern, 
but there is a broad alluvial ridge separating them now. Vol- 
cano Creek drops into Kern River canyon over at least three 
very considerable falls, ranging from eighteen feet to sixty- 
three feet in height, and it is impossible for fishes to get up 
over any of them. 
Throughout the entire length of Voleano Creek is found this 
golden trout of Volcano Creek. Doubtless the trout of that 
creek came originally from Kern River, and it will interest all 
of you, | am sure, to compare the Kern River trout, the Vol- 
cano Creek trout, and the one from Soda Creek. The Kern 
River trout, or Gilbert trout, is profusely spotted throughout ; 
it has a rich, rosy wash on the side. Between the rami of the 
lower jaw there is sometimes a slight wash of red, but ordinar- 
ily not. The important point is that they are so profusely spot- 
ted all over, with the anal, dorsal and ventral fins white tipped, 
