406 Fisurive iv American WATERS. 
tent, and all the ponds and streams in the country stocked to 
overflowing. 
We conclude with the statement of both hope and confi- 
dence that the reader will find fish-breeding in boxes so sim- 
ple and sure that hé will at once prepare to engage in the 
interesting and profitable occupation. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, 
Upon the breeding-times of different fishes, and their re- 
sorts at certain seasons in the year to hibernate, there is no 
fixed data. We know that eels spawn in salt waters if they 
have access to them, and visit fresh waters to recuperate and 
fatten. On the other hand, salmon seek the heads of rivers 
to spawn, and resort to unknown marine pastures to gain 
strength and fatten. 
Most white-meated fishes spawn in the spring, yet the fish 
known as the whitefish spawns in early autumn. All mem- 
bers of the genus Sulmo spawn in autumn. 
The striped bass, with which our anglers on the rivers en- 
tering the coast are as familiar as with any other game fish, 
spawns at indefinite periods. It is known that in the Chesa- 
peake Bay it spawns in spring; that in the estuaries and 
bays near New York and along the coast of Long Island it 
begins spawning in April and continues until July. The late 
Judge Morris and myself were once trolling in Hell Gate in 
September, and suspecting that a striped bass which we had 
taken contained ova in an advanced stage, we had the fish 
eviscerated, when the ova was discovered to be nearly ma- 
ture. Striped bass taken in the Vineyard Sound in autumn 
are frequently found to be big with roe nearly ready to drop. 
These facts present questions for solution by ichthyologists. 
_ Do striped bass—like the hens—continue laying for several 
months? Or do they lay twice a year—spring and fall? 
Both the flounder and plaice, or fluke, spawn in winter. 
Smelt spawn at intervals from February until April. 
