﻿peared 
  as 
  Sraolts 
  withiu 
  two 
  years 
  after 
  their 
  introduction, 
  

   and 
  specimens 
  were 
  easily 
  obtained. 
  About 
  a 
  dozen 
  of 
  the 
  

   adult 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  river 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  season."' 
  

  

  But 
  to 
  US 
  in 
  ^Maryland, 
  of 
  more 
  importance 
  is 
  the 
  re-ap- 
  

   pearance, 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  of 
  Salmon 
  of 
  both 
  varieties 
  : 
  the 
  

   Salmo 
  salar 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  and 
  the 
  Scdmo 
  

   quinnat 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific. 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  authenticated 
  

   accounts 
  of 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  one 
  weighing 
  8^ 
  lbs., 
  at 
  Newcas- 
  

   tle 
  ; 
  one, 
  8-^- 
  lbs., 
  at 
  Riverton 
  ; 
  and 
  one 
  weighing 
  9 
  lbs., 
  

   taken 
  between 
  Eordentown 
  and 
  Trenton 
  ; 
  and 
  have 
  myself 
  

   seen 
  a 
  large 
  female 
  Penobscot 
  Salmon, 
  with 
  the 
  mature 
  eggs 
  

   running 
  from 
  her, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  near 
  Easton, 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  

   of 
  spawning 
  ; 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  several 
  others 
  reported, 
  even 
  

   weighing 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  20 
  lbs. 
  These 
  indications 
  of 
  the 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  Salmon 
  into 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  two 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  Fisli 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  in 
  Maryland, 
  strengthens 
  our 
  hopes 
  and 
  confidence 
  

   in 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  our 
  efforts, 
  as 
  the 
  Delaware 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  unlike 
  

   our 
  own 
  rivers, 
  and 
  not 
  in 
  so 
  different 
  a 
  latitude 
  but 
  that 
  

   we 
  can 
  reasonably 
  expect 
  a 
  like 
  result. 
  More 
  important 
  to 
  us 
  

   still, 
  than 
  the 
  accumulated 
  evidences 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  which 
  gov- 
  

   ern 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  Salmon, 
  are 
  the 
  proofs 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  added 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  that 
  these 
  laws 
  are 
  as 
  surely 
  

   applicable 
  to 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  Shad 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  jiossible 
  to 
  attribute 
  the 
  return, 
  in 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  large 
  numbers, 
  subsequent 
  to 
  artificial 
  propaga- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Shad 
  in 
  a 
  river, 
  while 
  in 
  adjacent 
  rivers 
  they 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  to 
  decrease, 
  to 
  other 
  causes 
  than 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  young 
  fish, 
  which, 
  without 
  artificial 
  means 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  entirely 
  destroyed. 
  It 
  is 
  impossible, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  sudden 
  appearance 
  of 
  Shad 
  in 
  a 
  river 
  

   in 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  hitherto 
  existed, 
  but 
  in 
  which 
  young 
  

   Shad, 
  artificially 
  propagated, 
  had 
  been 
  plaje.l, 
  on 
  any 
  other 
  

   theory 
  tliau 
  that 
  of 
  their 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  their 
  youth, 
  

  

  