8 INTRODUCTION. 



place for their reception, by building a dam 

 across a very fine, large spring of water on Ms 

 farm, some two miles from this city. 



There was no difficulty in capturing as many 

 as I desired, but it was quite another kind of 

 sport to transport them alive a distance of near 

 six hundred miles. After various vexations, 

 among which was the loss of the first ship- 

 ment, we succeeded in getting down three lots, 

 in all about one hundred and fifty in fine con- 

 dition, and lodged them safely in their new 

 home, where they seemed as happy and as 

 sportive as they were in the beautiful blue 

 waters of Lake Superior. 



In the month of September I made a trip 

 to Port Stanley, Canada, for another lot, and 

 succeeded in getting home about forty more 

 specimens, constituting certainly a very fair be- 

 ginning to our enterprise. 



We did not, however, expect to rear any 

 young fish this season, for we supposed the 

 vicissitudes they were subjected to, such as 

 their transportation, etc., would prevent them 

 from depositing their eggs, but in this we were 

 most agreeably disappointed, for on the 15th of 

 November we discovered unmistakable evidences 

 that they were about to engage in this inter- 

 esting process. 



