50 FISH-CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, 
are plenty) have free access to their head waters. Also the out- 
let of the pond, Webb’s river, about the size of the Presumpscot, 
is a rapid stream, five miles after it leaves the pond, with clean, 
gravelly bottom, and unobstructed by dams. This pond is fam- 
ous for its trout and pickerel—the angler catching about as many 
brook trout as pickerel. It is plentifully stocked with smelts 
and minnows! * ihc *) *«eiveryou the nymber: amdiidatesnas 
the plantings below: 
1875, 2,000 Sebago salmon. 
1070; 3,000 if ra 
1877, 10,000 ii #¢ 
The first 2,000 were put into the Bowley brook; the other two 
lots were turned into the river, with the exception of perhaps 
about 2,000 more, which were put into the above brook. A 
friend of mine who is reliable, told me he saw weighed one that 
was caught in this brook that tipped the scales at eleven pounds, 
Last fall they came into the brook and river also in considerable 
numbers, and of large size, some, undoubtedly, of ten or twelve 
pounds. Last summer the small salmon six to eight inches long 
were quite plenty in this brook, also some in the river. Parties 
fishing for brook trout, would in half a day’s fishing catch fifteen 
or twenty of these little salmon, which, however, they put back. 
None have been taken in any of the streams except the river 
and Bowley brook, and the pond. Quite a number have been 
taken fishing through the ice this spring, but none over three 
and a half pounds. 
Quite remarkable results have been observed in some of the 
waters of New Hampshire. I will quote Commissioner E. B, 
Hodge. Under date of April 25th, 1885, he writes as follows: 
“In regard to the Schoodic salmon in this State, lam happy 
to state that they are doing well, and good reports are being 
received from various parts of the State. In some waters 
their growth has been remarkable, particularly in Squam 
lake. The first plant was made in this lake by Col. S. Webber, 
in 1877. In June, 1880, a land-locked salmon was taken in the 
outlet of the lake that weighed 6% pounds, and one was killed 
by going through a mill-wheel that measured twenty-seven 
