TRANSFERENCE OF BLACK BASS. ,155 



■the cans wiis kept at about '.'1° until within two days ol' Manila, wlion 

 it was inereascil gradnallv to V\')°. When we arrived in Manila the 

 temperature of the water in the cans was 23°, that of the air was '.'0°, 

 and of the sea water 28°. 



The Hsh had to bo (ransported froni Manila to Daj^-iipan by rail, a 

 distance oT 193 kilometers, and thence 12(1 kilonicti'i's overland lo 

 Bagnio, a mountain town in the Province of Benguet. This was the 

 most diificiilt part of the trip, but it was accomplislied in two days, 

 with the loss of lint one lish. The temperature of the \\ater was lowered 

 considerably during the last stages of the trip to Baguio, at which 

 place the fish were planted in three distinct spots: One lot in the small 

 lake near the Hotel Pines, another in a deep pool in the Trinidad River, 

 and a third in the large "Jh'inidad Lake. (See diagram, tig. Xo. 2.) 



In December, 1909, I visited the ijlaces where these fish had been 

 planted, and found that those placed in the small lake near the Hotel 

 Pines had escaped early in the year; nothing was seen or Iieard of those 

 planted in Trinidad River, but a tale Avas current of the capture of 

 some large fish )jy the natives. The bass planted in Trinidad Lake 

 had flourished and multiplied exceedingly well. A short trial with a 

 fly gave sufiicient proof that the lake was well stocked, as not only one 

 of the miginal tish, but also one of tlie offspring was hooked; the latter 

 (see Plate I) was 1!)() millimeters long and the parent fish was almost 

 twice this length. 



During February of tbe past year the small ai'tilicial lake in front 

 of the Hotel Pines at Baguio was transformed into a good spawning 

 p)oncl by raising its walls, putting in concrete gates, and adding several 

 loads of gravel for spawning beds. Twehe large bass caught in Tri- 

 nidad Lake with a fly honk were transferred t(j this bi'eediag pond on 

 February 23. By May 4 they had sjiawncd and there were hundreds 

 of young bass in the pond, many of these have since been planted in 

 other places, and some large bass were placed in ( dayman Lake at Los 

 Baiios, Laguna Province. It is now an assured fact that people who live 

 far inland may have this most desirable addition to their diet, and for 

 those who care for it there is the pleasure and excitement of angling for 

 this noble game fish. 



TKANSI-'EREING .VIOS(;DITO-EATING FLSir. 



In the year 190-5 I was authorized by the Government of the Hawaiian 

 Islands to secure and bring to Honolulu a shijiment of live top minnoAvs, 

 Fundulus li.Herochius (Linn.)^ Gcuiihiishi. affinU (B. & G.) and M/iIlieiicsid 

 latipinna La S. to assist in ridding that place of the jiest of mosquitoes. 

 These fishes belong to the family Poecilnda' and are found in the southern 

 United States. They feed almost exclusively on the eggs and young of 

 the mosquito. Fifteen hundred dollars United States currency was 



