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  liable 
  acquisition 
  to 
  our 
  iish-food. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  

   found 
  in 
  waters 
  very 
  much 
  warmer 
  than 
  those 
  inhabited 
  by 
  

   their 
  cousins 
  in 
  the 
  Athxntic, 
  induced 
  us 
  to 
  devote 
  our 
  ener- 
  

   gies 
  more 
  particuLarly 
  to 
  them. 
  But 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  Penob- 
  

   scot 
  sahnon 
  in 
  the 
  Dehiware 
  Itiver, 
  and 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  a 
  largo 
  

   Fetiobscot 
  salmon 
  near 
  Spesutie 
  Island, 
  has 
  given 
  us 
  more 
  

   confidence 
  in 
  the 
  adaptability 
  of 
  Maryland 
  waters 
  to 
  the 
  Eas- 
  

   tern 
  variety. 
  

  

  Hitherto 
  we 
  have 
  hatched 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  

   family 
  in 
  the 
  hatching-house 
  at 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  Park. 
  When 
  the 
  

   young 
  fish 
  were 
  sufiiciently 
  advanced 
  to 
  warrant 
  their 
  distri- 
  

   bution, 
  they 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   streams 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  distributions 
  we 
  have 
  endeav- 
  

   ored 
  to 
  reach 
  points 
  as 
  high 
  up 
  the 
  streams 
  as 
  practicable, 
  

   where 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  colder 
  and 
  more 
  likely 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  re- 
  

   quirements 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  fish. 
  These 
  transfers 
  were 
  attended 
  

   with 
  considerable 
  labor 
  and 
  difficulty, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  with 
  

   some 
  loss 
  of 
  fish. 
  We 
  therefore 
  deemed 
  it 
  of 
  sufiicient 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  temporary 
  station 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  where 
  the 
  fish 
  intended 
  for 
  that 
  stream 
  could 
  

   be 
  hatched 
  and 
  turned 
  loose 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  hatch- 
  

   ing-station. 
  By 
  this 
  method 
  we 
  would 
  avoid 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  

   moving 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  endangering 
  their 
  safety. 
  Accordingly, 
  

   on 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  500,000 
  eggs 
  issued 
  to 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Commissioner, 
  we 
  transferred 
  200,000 
  of 
  

   them 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  in 
  Garrett 
  County, 
  

   where 
  we 
  improvised 
  a 
  temporary 
  hatching-station. 
  The 
  locality 
  

   selected 
  was 
  on 
  a 
  farm 
  belonging 
  to 
  Judge 
  Dobbin, 
  known 
  as 
  

   Kitzmiller's 
  farm, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  several 
  

   miles 
  above 
  Fort 
  Pendleton. 
  A 
  pool 
  immediately 
  below 
  a 
  

   fall 
  of 
  about 
  four 
  feet 
  in 
  tlie 
  river 
  was 
  selected. 
  In 
  this 
  pool 
  

   were 
  placed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  floating 
  barges, 
  in 
  which 
  trays 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  ti:e 
  eggs 
  were 
  deposited. 
  The 
  water 
  from 
  above 
  the 
  

   falls 
  was 
  led 
  to 
  these 
  barges 
  by 
  a 
  trough 
  properly 
  protected 
  

   by 
  wire 
  grating 
  which 
  discharged 
  the 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   barges, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  provided 
  with 
  wire 
  bottoms 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   water 
  passed 
  through 
  the 
  trays 
  and 
  out 
  at 
  the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  

   trough 
  and 
  barges 
  were 
  so 
  arranged 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  rise 
  or 
  

  

  