﻿return 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  river, 
  year 
  aftsr 
  year 
  ; 
  "but 
  the 
  experiments 
  

   had 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  measure, 
  been 
  confined 
  to 
  rivers 
  or 
  localiticg 
  

   in 
  wliich 
  the 
  Salmon 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  found 
  During 
  

   the 
  year 
  just 
  ended, 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  many 
  proofs 
  that 
  this 
  

   instinct 
  is 
  so 
  strong 
  that 
  the 
  Salmon 
  will 
  return 
  to 
  rivers, 
  

   in 
  latitudes 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  never 
  existed 
  prior 
  to 
  their 
  

   artificial 
  introduction 
  a:s 
  young 
  fish, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilmot, 
  Fishery 
  Officer 
  of 
  tlie 
  Dominion 
  of 
  Canada, 
  

   writes 
  me 
  : 
  ''California 
  Salmon 
  have 
  visited 
  my 
  establish- 
  

   ment 
  this 
  Autumn 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes." 
  

  

  Hon 
  Theo. 
  Lyman, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Mass., 
  writes 
  : 
  "The 
  

   most 
  striking 
  and 
  rapid 
  restoration 
  of 
  a 
  partially 
  exhausted 
  

   fish, 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  our 
  common 
  Smelt, 
  (Osmerus), 
  which 
  we 
  

   value 
  much, 
  and 
  which 
  we 
  again 
  have 
  in 
  its 
  former 
  size 
  and 
  

   abundance. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  important 
  fact 
  is 
  the 
  return 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time, 
  of 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  adult 
  Salmon, 
  (-S*. 
  scdar), 
  the 
  

   progeny 
  of 
  artificial 
  culture, 
  to 
  the 
  Merrimack 
  river. 
  

  

  Small 
  lots 
  of 
  Salmon 
  parrs 
  had 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  

   waters 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  ])revious 
  to 
  1S72, 
  In 
  that 
  year, 
  

   16,000 
  were 
  put 
  in 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  1873, 
  185,000. 
  

  

  This 
  year 
  (1877,) 
  we 
  ordered 
  our 
  agent 
  at 
  Lawrence, 
  to 
  

   shut 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  fish 
  way 
  daily, 
  and 
  see 
  what 
  

   was 
  in 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  moment 
  of 
  closing. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  31st, 
  he 
  found 
  two 
  Salmon 
  of 
  8-12 
  lbs, 
  weight. 
  

   On 
  June 
  4th, 
  a 
  15 
  lb 
  Salmon. 
  From 
  June 
  10th 
  to 
  July 
  

   10th, 
  there 
  were 
  found, 
  almost 
  daily, 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  5 
  large 
  Sal- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  passing 
  the 
  way 
  at 
  the 
  moment 
  of 
  closing. 
  

   They 
  jienetrated 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  head-waters, 
  among 
  the 
  AVhite 
  

   mountains, 
  and 
  were 
  seen 
  shooting 
  the 
  falls 
  in 
  numbers. 
  

   Many 
  were 
  taken, 
  for 
  a 
  moment, 
  in 
  a 
  net 
  and 
  examined, 
  and 
  

   were 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  high-fed, 
  silvery 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  quality." 
  

   Dr. 
  Wm, 
  M. 
  Hudson, 
  of 
  Connecticut, 
  adds 
  the 
  following 
  

   testimony 
  to 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  Salmon 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  

   Scilmo 
  salar 
  froni 
  Bucksport, 
  first 
  introduced 
  in 
  1871, 
  ap- 
  

  

  