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  rivers 
  for 
  spawning 
  purposes, 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  so 
  warm 
  

   that 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Salmon 
  (salmo 
  solar), 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  to 
  meet 
  it, 
  

   would 
  turn 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  ocean. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  of 
  importance 
  

   as 
  illustrating 
  the 
  probability 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  streams 
  

   on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  from 
  the 
  Potomac 
  to 
  the 
  Eio 
  Grande, 
  

   into 
  which 
  this 
  fish 
  could 
  be 
  successfully 
  introduced." 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Salmon 
  can 
  be 
  acclimated^ 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  

   the 
  Susquehanna 
  and 
  Potomac, 
  seems 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  possible. 
  

   We 
  have, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  placed 
  a 
  few 
  thousands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Penobscot 
  Salmon 
  in 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  these 
  rivers, 
  by 
  way 
  

   of 
  experiment, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  successfully 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  may 
  be 
  rewarded 
  by 
  like 
  results 
  in 
  

   the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Chesapeake. 
  

  

  There 
  lias, 
  to 
  some 
  cxtent_, 
  existed 
  a 
  very 
  erroneous 
  

   opinion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Salmon 
  as 
  a 
  food 
  fi8h_, 
  an 
  im- 
  

   pression, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  glowing 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   the 
  exciting 
  contest 
  Avith 
  this 
  king 
  of 
  fishes, 
  given 
  by 
  enthu- 
  

   siastic 
  anglers 
  since 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  Isaac 
  AValton. 
  Their 
  intro- 
  

   duction 
  into 
  Maryland 
  has 
  met 
  favor 
  rather 
  with 
  the 
  angler 
  

   than 
  the 
  fisherman. 
  But 
  that 
  the 
  Salmon 
  occupies 
  a 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  place 
  tuiiong 
  the 
  fishes 
  v/hich 
  furnish 
  largely 
  a 
  healthy 
  

   food 
  for 
  mankind, 
  and 
  add 
  materially 
  to 
  the 
  Avealtli 
  of 
  any 
  

   country 
  producing 
  them, 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  statistics 
  

   of 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  two 
  rivers 
  alone 
  

  

  ''The 
  following 
  tables 
  will 
  show 
  the 
  numbers 
  and 
  weight 
  

   of 
  Salmon 
  transported 
  on 
  the 
  railroads 
  and 
  steamboats 
  from 
  

   the 
  Sacramento 
  and 
  San 
  Joaquin 
  rivers 
  to 
  the 
  cities 
  of 
  San 
  

   Francisco 
  and 
  Stockton, 
  from 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  river 
  belovr 
  tlio 
  

   cities 
  of 
  Sacramento 
  and 
  Stockton, 
  from 
  November 
  Ist, 
  1875, 
  

   to 
  August 
  1st, 
  1876, 
  and 
  from 
  November 
  Ist, 
  1876, 
  tu 
  

   August 
  1st, 
  1877. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  include 
  tlio 
  catch 
  of 
  tho 
  

   fisheries 
  at 
  Tehama 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Feather 
  river, 
  

   nor 
  do 
  they 
  include 
  the 
  fish 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Sacramento 
  and 
  San 
  Joaquin, 
  nor 
  the 
  Salmon 
  brought 
  

   to 
  market 
  by 
  fishermen 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  boats 
  ; 
  therefore, 
  to 
  tho 
  

   totals 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  at 
  least 
  tweaty-fivo 
  per 
  cent., 
  to 
  show 
  

   an 
  approximation 
  of 
  the 
  actual 
  catch 
  :" 
  

  

  