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sizos. (Tl. n. tiji'. H.) rsimllv li.lnw cncli ritilc i> ;i jinol Iruiii a few inches to 2 feet 

 dorp, in which the trout aic acnciiilly fdiiriil. In tlii' meadow the overhanging" 

 grassy banks afford hiding places tor tiic tnnit. ihcrc arc small willows along the 

 banks in some places. There are ically :! sticanis in this region, viz, the one just 

 described, which flows approximately north; another flowing westward from Cabin 

 Meadow and joining the first at our camp, and a third which heads near Av et Meadow 

 and flows westward, joining the' main stream just above Sand Meadow. The.se 

 streams are only 3 or 4 miles long and are nuich alike. The temperature of the 

 water in the stream at Camp No. 3 varied from 44^ at 7.30 a. m. to 58° at 3.45 p. m. 



Fishes are not abundant in the South Fork of the Kaweah. In the lower 3 or 4 

 miles of the river the western sucker (Catosiomus occidentalis), the chub {Itycho- 

 cheihif oregonen»U), and the ''lake fish" {Mylopharodon eonocephalus) occur, though 

 only in limited numbers. Rutilus si/niiiK-frii-iix also occurs, in some abundance. 

 About 3 miles above the mouth trout aic found. They appeared to be fairlj- numerous, 

 but are usually small. 



According to Mr. John Bi'oder, of Redstone Park, the present trout in the different 

 forks of the Kaweah are descended from trout artificially introduced, the fish having 

 been planted near the mouths of the respective forks. Prior to lSti7-68 a few trout 

 were found in these streams, but they were proljably all killed by the great ffood of 

 that year. Mr. Ira Blossom, who was recentl}^ interviewed b}- Mr. Broder, and who 

 settled on the Soutli Fork in iMtit;, says there were speckled trout in that stream 

 then. After the flood of 1S()7-K.S no trout were seen until after the streams had been 

 restocked. About 1884 Mr. J. W. Pogue had a few trout placed in the Main Fork 

 of the Kaweah, and in 1893 the VLsalia Sportsman's Club secured a consignment of 

 trout from the state hatchery and planted them in the various branches of the 

 Kaweah. It is said that the stock consisted of rainbow trout and eastern brook 

 trout, that the rainbow thrived, but that the latter did not do well. Mr. Broder 

 says, however, that he has heard of an occasional one being caught. The headwaters 

 of the South Fork of the Kaweah were stocked with trout from Soda Creek at 

 Quinn's Horse Camp. 



TUI.E HIVKK. 



M!d<llr Fork of Tulr /i'/zw.— The various headwaters of the Tule River originate 

 about the soutli edge of the Setjuoia National Park, between those of the South Fork 

 of the Kaweah on the north and western afHuents of the Little Kern on the east. 

 There are several forks, all coming together after getting out of the foothills, only 

 to lose themselves again in the intricate delta of tule land east of Lake Tulare. The 

 Middle Fork was the only stream of this system that we examined. While, camped 

 at South Fork Meadows (Julj^ 16-17) two members of our party made a side trip to 

 this sti'eam, crossing over the divide south of South Fork Meadows. On the summit 

 was found a small lake, apparently containing no fish, about 250 j-ards by 150 j'ards. 

 draining into the Middle Tule. The latter at the place visited is a small stream 

 resembling the headwaters of Soda Creek. (PI. iii, fig. 4.) 



The various lMan<lies of the Tule River are said to have been originally without 

 trout, but were stocked se\ eral years ago by the state fish commission. Trout were 

 found to be abundant in the Middle Tule. The specimens preserved closely resemble 

 the McCloud River trout, and it is probable that the stock came from that stream. 



