﻿XIII 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  30th 
  of 
  November 
  we 
  secured 
  100,000 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  

   eggs. 
  These 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House, 
  and 
  the 
  dispo- 
  

   sition 
  made 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  in 
  our 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  

   accomplished 
  next 
  year. 
  Through 
  this 
  system, 
  many 
  streams 
  

   of 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  counties, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  exhausted 
  of 
  

   trout, 
  have 
  been 
  restocked, 
  and 
  many 
  streams 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   trout 
  has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  unknown, 
  have 
  been 
  sufficiently 
  stocked 
  

   to 
  test 
  their 
  capacity 
  to 
  support 
  this 
  fish 
  — 
  the 
  great 
  favorite 
  

   of 
  the 
  angler. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  the 
  fish, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  

   generally 
  distributed 
  through 
  the 
  State, 
  will 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  com- 
  

   fort 
  and 
  the 
  food 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  districts 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   reached, 
  and 
  we 
  trust 
  that 
  the 
  interest 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  created 
  

   by 
  the 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  Hatching 
  House 
  by 
  those 
  soliciting 
  trouty 
  

   and 
  a 
  more 
  accurate 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   fishes, 
  which 
  resulted 
  from 
  these 
  visits, 
  has 
  excited 
  a 
  strong 
  

   desire 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  deposited, 
  and 
  a 
  determi- 
  

   nation 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  more 
  rational 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  bounteous 
  yield 
  of 
  

   our 
  waters. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  (Salmo 
  salar). 
  

  

  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Commission 
  

   of 
  Fisheries, 
  Prof. 
  Baird 
  presented 
  the 
  State 
  with 
  80,000 
  sal- 
  

   mon 
  eggs. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  

   the 
  hatching 
  establishment 
  at 
  Bucksport, 
  Maine. 
  They 
  were 
  

   turned 
  over 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Alex. 
  Kent, 
  who 
  had 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  a 
  trout 
  

   hatching 
  establishment 
  in 
  Green 
  Spring 
  Yalley, 
  about 
  twelve 
  

   miles 
  from 
  Baltimore. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  considerable 
  loss 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  after 
  they 
  were 
  hatched, 
  but 
  of 
  those 
  

   surviving 
  a 
  greater 
  portion 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  some 
  in 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Deer 
  Creek, 
  

   which 
  flows 
  into 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  River, 
  above 
  Havre-de- 
  

   Grace, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  in 
  Octorara 
  Creek, 
  a 
  stream 
  in 
  Cecil 
  

   county, 
  also 
  flowing 
  into 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  above 
  Port 
  De- 
  

   posit. 
  

  

  We 
  were 
  not 
  hopeful 
  of 
  any 
  results 
  from 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  the 
  salmon 
  of 
  Maine, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  known 
  only 
  in 
  

   the 
  coldest 
  waters. 
  We 
  therefore 
  devoted 
  our 
  attention 
  

  

  