sible to count. The catfish and bull pouts were small, and had to he 

 handled carefully to avoid being stung, and so were also estimated. 



On the 6th we worked ponds above head of the bay, the large pond just 

 above head of the bay having gone almost dry. We took from this, and 

 smaller ponds near by, all the fish we could get and put them over the 

 levee into the bay. There were 7,000 sun fish, 1,000 catfish. 942 black bass, 

 6,000 crappic, 3,000 wall-eyed pike, 1,100 pike, 740 red-eye perch. rj40 striped 

 bass, 205 pike perch, 450 yellow bass, 102 sturgeon and 7.0<K'j bull pouts, 

 with a very large number of l)ufFa]o, gizzard shad and carp, which were 

 not counted. 



On the 7th we worked Turtle Slough, putting the fish in deep pond 

 near the head of the bay, and in the bay. 643 rock bass, 9,000 bull pf>uts, 

 365 ring perch, 255 white perch, 1.100 sun fish, 4,000 channel catfish, 1,800 

 black bass, 5,000 crappies, 3,500 small wall-eyed pike, 450 red-eye and l,00r> 

 pike, with a large number, as before, of carp, shad and buffalo. 



On the 8th we worked the pond between the C. B. & Q. K. R. tracks 

 and bottom road, in city limits, known as the Workhouse pond. 1,700 

 sun fish, 100 catfish, 900 black bass, 400 crappie, 641 wall-eyed pike, 500 

 pike, 1,640 red-eye, 400 striped bass, 506 ring perch, 1,005 white perch and 

 71 sturgeon, with enough buffalo and shad to fill eight large tanks. Such 

 of these as were not used for distribution were put into the river at a 

 point opposite the pond. 



On the 12th we again worked Turtle Slough. 800 sunflsb, 432 catfish, 

 1,100 black bass, 9,000 crappie, 463 wall-eyed pike, 298 pike, 963 red-eye, 

 1,100 bull pouts, 530 striped bass, 1,500 ring perch and 8.3 sturgeon. Put- 

 into the live-boxes for distribution, and into the bay. 



On the 13th we worked lakes near Willow Slough. 900 sunfish, 640 cat- 

 fish, 450 black bass, 1,920 crappie, 151 wall-eyed pike, 349 pike, 650 red-eye, 

 900 striped bass, 1,100 bull pouts, 590 ring perch, with a lot of buffalo and 

 shad. All put in river. 



These ponds were selected for the work because they were near the bay 

 and river, and do not represent the average ponds we worked, as we are 

 often compelled to carry fish from one-quarter to three-quarters of a mile 

 in order to get them to deep water. We use a common wash boiler, two 

 of which, placed on a light hand barrow, to carry our fish from ponds to 

 deep water, which makes a good load for two men, and, where distance 

 is great, the number of fish taken is, of course, much smaller. The per- 

 centage of black bass is much greater this season than last, and the num- 

 ber of shad and carp is greater than in any season since my connection 

 with the work. 



[Signed]. William Heslln'g. 



Keit sbuug. III., September 30, 1892. 



S. P. Bartlett, Secretary State Fish Commission, Quincy, III: 



Dear Sir: — I submit herewith my report of fish rescued and put into 

 living water from drying ponrls. We have put into living water 550,0(X> 

 fish comprising the following varieties : 



Large mouth black bass, green bass, cranpie, pickerel, suuHsh, goggle eye, 

 german carp, channel cat, buffalo. 



The percentage of bulValo and carp was quite large. There is a great 

 Increase of fish in our ponds and sloughs adjacent to Mississippi river. 



Respectfully, H. C. McClung. 



Deoatuh, III., September 30, 1892. 

 S. P. Bartieit, Quincy, III.: 



Dear Sir: — I have taken out of the drying pools along Sangamon river 

 between fifteen and sixteen thousand fisli, and put them into deeper water 

 this season. The fish were (German carp, Ixiss, crappie and pike. I find 

 the carp are very numerous. 



Yours truly, Richard Hahkness, 



State Fish Wardoi. 



