178 AMERICAN FISH CULTURE. 



CHAPTER VII. 



NATURALIZATION OF FISHES. 



General remarks. Salmonid^. — The Brook Trout. — Instances 

 of its naturalization. The Lake Trout. — Mr. Robinson's letter on 

 its propagation. The Schoodic and Sebago Salmon. — Extract con- 

 cerning its habits and propagation, from Maine Fish Commissioners' 

 Report. The Sea Ti-out of Canada. — Advantages of naturalizing it. 

 The Grayling. — New species found in Michigan. The While Fish. 

 — Its excellence, habits, and manner of propagating. The Otsego 

 Bass. — Not a bass. The Smelt. — General remarks. Pekcid^. — 

 The Rock Fish.— The Crappie.— The Black Bass of the Lakes.— Its 

 adaptability to naturalization. The Black Bass of the West ana 

 South. — Its introduction into the Potomac. — Mr. Wright's score 

 of fish taken with the rod. — Their naturalization in mill-ponds. 

 SiLUEiDiE. — Small Species. — Their excellence as food. — Manner 

 of cooking them. — Their proposed introduction into England. 

 Cypeinidje. — General remarks on. Esocid.£. — ^Injurious results 

 from introducing them. 



I USE the term naturalization as the most appropriate in 

 reference to fishes which are to be introduced into a new 

 habitat. 



Not only in France and England is this branch of fish 

 culture claiming the consideration of thinking and enter- 

 prising persons, but in this country its great advantages 

 are beginning to be appreciated. The French govern- 

 ment and people have become aware of the value which 

 lies in hitherto waste and uncultivated waters, and, as I 



