40 Fishiiuj in, North Carolina. 



until the power company effectually blocked the 

 fish away by a new dam across the river. But, 

 at best, the fishing is uncertain. With a clear 

 sky and clean water, the flood and mud may 

 come down on one in a few hours from fifty 

 miles up stream. 



As practically all the fish put into .ISTeuse 

 Eiver by the United States Fish Commission 

 are quarantined below the dam at Milburnie, 

 few get up into the pond, except in time of big 

 flood. 



The red stuff dumped in Walnut Creek may 

 not kill people, but it drives fish out of the 

 creek, and that nearby creek is spoiled for fish- 

 ing purposes. Crabtree, another handy stream, 

 in somebody else's boyhood days is said to have 

 been partly full of fish, but I fear it is too fre- 

 quently assaulted with dynamite. 



As a rule, black waters hold more fish than 

 those which spring from red clay soils. It is 

 not difficult to account for the difference. Black 

 mud is moro easily disintegrated, and the water, 

 therefore, clears more quickly ; while red mud 

 sticks to cp-g and young fry. 



