﻿XLVI 
  

  

  fish 
  np 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  wlien 
  it 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  to 
  transfer 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  waters 
  for 
  wliich 
  they 
  are 
  intended. 
  While 
  

   hatching 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  sahnon 
  in 
  hastily 
  prepared 
  

   apparatus 
  in 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  we 
  secured 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  adult 
  trout 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  tlie 
  ponds 
  

   of 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park. 
  We 
  hope 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  successful 
  with 
  

   these. 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Kent, 
  in 
  1S73, 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  lo- 
  

   cality 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  trout, 
  and 
  successfully 
  transferred 
  

   them 
  to 
  ponds 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  prepared 
  for 
  tlieir 
  reception 
  in 
  

   Green 
  Spring 
  Valley. 
  They 
  soon 
  became 
  completely 
  domes- 
  

   ticated, 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  Mr. 
  Kent 
  was 
  quite 
  successful 
  in 
  

   their 
  propagation. 
  Although 
  this 
  year's 
  distribution 
  was 
  very 
  

   much 
  smaller 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  years, 
  yet 
  many 
  local- 
  

   ities 
  were 
  reached 
  and 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  applications 
  were 
  

   filled, 
  which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  met 
  in 
  tlie 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  

   previous. 
  As 
  in 
  several 
  localities 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  brook 
  

   trout 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  doubtful 
  experiment, 
  we 
  have 
  decided 
  to 
  

   await 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  these 
  experiments 
  before 
  making 
  further 
  

   expenditures. 
  

  

  Land-locked 
  Salmon 
  — 
  {Sahno 
  solar 
  sebago.) 
  

  

  Our 
  limited 
  experiments 
  in 
  preceding 
  years 
  have 
  demon- 
  

   strated 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  land-locked 
  salmon 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  

   warmer 
  waters 
  than 
  can 
  be 
  endured 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  family. 
  As 
  the 
  land-locked 
  salmon 
  grow 
  more 
  

   rapidly 
  and 
  attain 
  under 
  ordinary 
  circumstances 
  a 
  greater 
  size 
  

   than 
  the 
  brook 
  trout, 
  and 
  as 
  our 
  experiments 
  indicate 
  that 
  they 
  

   are 
  a 
  hardier 
  fish 
  we 
  have 
  determined 
  to 
  devote 
  more 
  attention 
  

   to 
  their 
  introduction. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  we 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  commission 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  twenty-six 
  thousand 
  five 
  hundred, 
  which 
  were 
  distrib- 
  

   uted 
  as 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  table; 
  

  

  