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die get out? Here is a problem. In nature the smelt 

 lays its eggs where the March sun shines on them 

 and they hatch. In the hatchery a mild, diffused 

 light through green window-shades will kill them. I 

 give it up. 



SMELT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Under date 'of December 11, 1879, Mr. Samuel 

 Webber writes from Manchester, N. H., as follows: 

 "The fresh-water smelt has been planted and accli- 

 mated in our inland lakes during the last ten years, 

 and is now very plenty in Winnepesaukie, Squam and 

 Sunapee, besides getting a foothold in Massabesie and 

 Northwood, where we have placed them." 



There is but one smelt, and it lives in both salt and 

 fresh water, but spawns in Streams. 



In "Forest and Stream" of April 7, 1881, a cor- 

 respondent, misled by the name of "frostfish," wrote 

 that the smelt was found in many Adirondack lakes. 

 So much for popular names. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE BLACK BASSES. 



The two species are named from the comparative- 

 size of their mouths, and are not at all difficult to dis- 

 tinguish if carefully looked at until the characters arc 

 fixed in the mind. Then a glance suffices. I will 



