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continent. The first living black bass (Grystes nigricans) ever 
seen in Britain, were brought over by him in 1873, when I met 
him on board the ship in Liverpool, and helped to convey 
the little fellows to the Troutdale ponds. For this work we 
were rewarded by receiving the silver medal of the Société 
d’ Acclimatation de Paris. 
A number of these fish, weighing about a pound each, were 
safely brought by Parnaby the year before (1872), as far as the 
Trish Coast, where they were simply battered to death in a terrific 
gale which was encountered off the Fastnet rock. They were 
landed in Liverpool the next day perfectly fresh, and two of 
them we ate, and gave the rest away, one being sent to Frank 
Buckland for his valuable collection. The two which Parnaby 
and I disposed of proved excellent. 
In the year 1869 we introduced the American trout (Salmo 
Jontinalis) into this country, and soon had a fine stock of these 
fish, which did exceedingly well in the ponds at Troutdale. Since 
those days they have been distributed through the country, and 
in some waters have done remarkably well, whereas in others they 
seem to have disappeared. ‘The migratory instinct in these fish 
is very strong, and at certain times of the year they will leave a 
lake or pond and push up stream, or down, as the case may be. 
They go to the sea, and have been caught in the salt water, in 
some of our bays and estuaries. This sea-going habit alone 
proves them to be good fish, but it renders special precautions 
necessary in order to prevent them from making their exit. 
Where such steps are taken, by the simple fixing of a screen at 
the outlet of a pond or lake, the fish are easily retained, and in. 
many instances have given great satisfaction to their owners. 
In other cases, where they have had free access to a river, 
they have simply run away. That the S\ foxtinalis is a real game: 
fish is beyond question, but that it is not adapted for all our 
waters seems to be also a settled fact. In some waters it is 
accused of not rising to the fly, but I have not yet met with such 
a case personally. I have on the other hand made its ac- 
quaintance in many places, where it rises in a manner that has. 
astonished many old and skilled fishermen. Where these fish can 
be kept in a lake, and allowed access to a set of artificial 
