NINTH ANNUAL MEETING. 61 
the “Mary Powell,” for Newburg, by invitation of Walter 
Brown, Esq., to fish his private pond for black bass. At day- 
break we fairly surrounded the miniature lake, scarcely a quar- 
ter acre in extent; indeed we could readily cover the centre four 
feet of water with our flies. But the bass were there, and this 
was our first introduction to them. It is needless to say that we 
were highly gratified by their evident pleasure in making our 
acquaintance. So eager were they to meet us that some went 
whizzing by our ears and lodged in the long damp grass a hun- 
dred feet from their natural home. By six o’clock we had thirty- 
five sprightly bass, from a half pound to one pound each, in 
the car A team in waiting took them to the “ Mary Powell” 
by seven A.M. At ten a.m. they were on the Fall River pier, 
with the Croton hose turned on. At five p. m. I took themin 
charge. One of the deck-hands gave them fresh air occasionally 
by the aid of an air-pump attached to the car. At seven A. M. 
the next day we reached Boston, and an express wagon convey- 
ed them to the Eastern Railroad, the train leaving at eight a. M. 
They required much less attention than brook-trout. Aeration 
~ once an hour, and an occasional bucket of water, sufficed to keep 
them right-side up. 
At three p. Mm. the train arrived at Monmouth, Maine, the sta- 
tion adjoining Crochnewaga Pond, four miles long, and sixteen 
bass were liberated here. At Winthrop, the next station, the car 
was taken to the famous Cobbossecontee Pond, one of a chain of 
ponds, or rather lakes, twenty miles in extent. The rest of the 
fish were deposited here, all in good condition. They did not 
move off at first, but seemed to be examining the immediate 
surroundings of their new home, five hundred miles from New- 
burg. One by one they slowly swam off into deep water, and 
I returned my fish-car to the steam-car, mentally congratulating 
myself that at least I had endeavored to make some return for 
the many trout I had captured, and the glorious sport I had ex- 
perienced during ten years at Rangeley. The expenses were 
under $25. . 
Ten years have elapsed since the first black bass were de- 
posited in Maine waters. Now mark the results. 
J hold in-my hand a letter from Mr. Henry O. Stanley, for 
