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In August, 1885, he wrote : 



" I am pleased to say that the flsh multiplied abundantly. I 

 had 1,200 in the fall of 1884, and have caught more than 22,000 

 fry this season." 



Count A''on dem Borne raised more black bass, of both 

 species, than he could take care of, and shipped them to 

 other parts of Europe. In 1886, he published a small 

 treatise : " Der Schwartzbarsch und der Forrellenbarsch " 

 (The Black Bass and the Trout Bass), and a larger edition 

 in 1888. Until he died he was very enthusiastic in regard 

 to the black bass as a game-fish and food-fish. 



In March, 1885, Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, of New 

 York, sent five young black bass to the Zoological Garden 

 at Amsterdam, where they arrived in excellent condition. 

 In December, 1885, the " Journal of the Society for the 

 Promotion of the Fresh-water Fisheries in the JSTether- 

 lands," ,says : 



" The Amsterdam Aquarium at present possesses four fine 

 specimens of black bass, which grow well, and will, in all prob- 

 ability, reach sexual maturity." 



In April, 1882, Mr. Geo. Shepard Page took a small lot 

 of black bass, comprising both species, on the steamer 

 Spain, from Jfew York to Liverpool. Six of the fish were 

 supplied by Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, of New York, and 

 twelve young and five adult fish were supplied by Professor 

 Spencer F. Baird, TJ. S. Fish Commissioner. Two of the 

 adult bass died before reaching Liverpool. The balance 

 were safely transported to Golspie, Sutherland, in Scot- 

 land, and placed in a loch belonging to the Duke of Suther- 

 land. 



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