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but I should think some precaution would be necessary in case 
very large females were kept in confinement, either in careful 
construction of pen, or protecting the vent as suggested above, 
in case it was found necessary. The striped bass are caught at 
Weldon, N. C., in the Roanoke, and in some other of our South- 
ern rivers, in large quantities. In some localities large numbers 
are caught on what are called by the fishermen racks or slides. 
These are built of wood on the inclined plan principle, the top 
being covered with slats raised a short distance apart, allowing 
the water to sift through. They are set in the most rapid part 
of the river, and leaders branch out from both sides near the 
water’s edge, which guide the fish to the rack or slide. Thou- 
sands of striped bass are caught inthis way. Iam of the opinion 
that if experienced men were placed on these racks during the 
month of May, when the fish were running, and select the fe- 
males which were nearly ripe, and place them in a car properly 
constructed, that a great success could be made in hatching 
them. There is no trouble in securing ripe males when the fish are 
running, but as a precaution it would be well to pena few in case 
of an emergency. I have hatched both sturgeon and striped bass 
successfully in my shad hatching-box. If sturgeon or striped 
bass were to be kept in confinement for propagating purposes, 
at least two cars should be constructed, so that the fish could be 
overhauled daily, or as often as was thought necessary, and 
worked over from one car into the other. This would aid greatly 
in the prosecution of the work. 
The New York Fish Commission has this season offered for 
distribution to any parties in the United States or Canada, ap- 
plying before March rst, and sending fifty cents to defray cost 
of packing, a package of three hundred to five hundred eggs of 
the California mountain trout for experiment. In response to 
the notice we have received two hundred and forty-eight appli- 
cations from the following States, Territories and Provinces : 
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode 
Island, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, New 
York, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Dako- 
ta, Wisconsin, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Mississippi, Louisi- 
ana, New Hampshire, Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ontario, 
