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men in and about New York, who spend a great portion of 
their summer vacation at this retreat, and, as I have been 
informed by many of the members (some of them salmon 
fishermen of experience), the sport they there have is only 
second to what they could obtain on Labrador or Canadian 
salmon rivers. 
I believe that this fish could be most easily introduced 
into English waters, and that he is well deserving of the 
effort, for he is very hardy, and I do not think so likely to 
be affected by the pollution that so many of our streams 
suffer from; they also appear to be immensely prolific, for 
traffic, netting, drainage, etc., may have reduced their num- 
bers—still they are to be found in great abundance, even 
in such crowded water-thoroughfares as the Bay of New 
York, Hudson and East rivers, that any person duly ini- 
tiated in the necessary mysteries can, at the proper sea- 
sons, confidently expect a heavy basket as a reward for his 
trouble, and that within sight of the numerous spires, store- 
houses, and business haunts of their handsome Western me- 
tropolis. 
Great and unprecedented trouble has been lately taken 
successfully to introduce salmon and trout to the Southern 
hemisphere. With how much less difficulty could this fish 
be transported here—no tropics to cross, only one-fourth or 
fifth the distance to traverse, and steamships to be found 
sailing almost every day of the week. Certainly this mat- 
ter is worthy of consideration, for not only would thou- 
sands find amusement and health in their capture, but a 
wholesome and excellent article of food be provided for our 
immense population. : 
Brack Bass are found in the vicinity of the Thousand 
Islands in the St. Lawrence, the Niagara River, Lake Erie, 
and, in fact, nearly all streams and lakes that are situated 
