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were taken, one of which weighed nearly a pound. In the win- 
ter of 1882,a number of specimens were taken by fishing through 
the ice, and some of them were eighteen inches long, probably 
weighing two or three pounds. In the fall of 1882, a specimen 
weighing over four pounds was taken in the stream below the 
lake—this fish was thus four years old from impregnation, and 
had attained a size double that calculated for a Schoodic salmon 
of that age in Grand lake. 
In the Rangely lakes in Maine, about fifty domesticated Schoo- 
dic salmon about two years of age, were introduced from breed- 
ing ponds in Alna; fry of Sebago salmon were introduced as 
follows: 2,000 in 1874; 5,000 in 1875; 3,000 in 1877; 18,000 in 
1877. In 1877 a single specimen weighing five pounds was cap- 
tured. As to further results I will quote Mr. Stanley’s letter to the 
Forest and Stream, October 26th, 1882: “I am happy to state that 
the salmon put in an appearance in the Rangely stream this fall 
in considerable numbers and for the first time. Some of them 
were very large. I saw five of them in a pool which I estimated 
would run from four to ten pounds each. Over forty were taken 
last June in the Rangely lake alone, of from 2% to 4% lbs. each. 
They have also been taken in the lakes below. For the short 
time that has elapsed since they were introduced, and the small 
number of eggs, the success has been remarkable.” As it is im- 
possible to determine absolutely whether these captures came 
from the early planting of Schoodic fish, or the later planting of 
Sebago fish, nor yet their age, we can only remark that the size 
attained is very satisfactory, and from the numbers captured and 
seen, it is quite evident that the species is established as an in- 
habitant of the Rangely lakes. 
Another instance from the same State may be adduced in the 
case of the Weld.pond, which I will give in Mr. Stanley’s lan- 
guage: 
“The most reliable information I have in regard to growth of 
land-locked salmon or the time it takes to reach a certain size is 
what I get from the Weld pond in Franklin County. This pond 
is about five miles long and two miles wide; is fed by numer- 
ous large brooks which take their rise back in the wilderness 
among the mountains, to which the trout and salmon (the former 
