886 THE AMERICA X XA TURALISr. [Vol. XXXVIIl. 



The Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Mokelumne Rivers flowing 

 westward from the Sierra Xe\ada had in the early days no trout 

 above the falls in their canons. To these streams the trout 

 were carried over the Divide, and the Tahoe trout is now abun- 

 dant in the upper waters of these rivers. 



For the details of the transplanting of these trout I am in- 

 debted to the kindness of Mr. H. S. Blood of Angels, the owner 

 of Bear Valley, at the head of the north fork of the Stanislaus, 

 on the "Toll Road" from the Calaveras Big Trees to Carson 

 Valley. 



The earliest plant was made in 1859, the Tahoe trout having 

 been taken from Hope Valley, on the east slope of the Sierras, 

 by the Union Water Company to stock their reservoir at the 

 head of the north fork of the Stanislaus. 



In 1 86 1, Abram Ritchie of Big Trees and John Christy of 

 Jenny Lind brought Tahoe trout from Hope Valley and planted 

 them in the head waters of Mokelumne River. 



In 1863, H. S. Blood of Angel's and J. C. Curtis of Murphy's 

 brought Tahoe trout from Wolf Creek, Carson Valley, and 

 stocked Highland Lakes, at the head of the Stanislaus. 



In 1864, O. S. Boardman of Gait took Tahoe trout from Hope 

 Valley, planting them in the Blue Lakes, near the head of the 

 Mokelumne. At about the same time H. S. Blood, Mark 

 M'Cormick and Herman Tyrie stocked Highland Creek with 

 Tahoe trout from Hope Valley. 



The middle fork of the Stanislaus was stocked with Tahoe 

 trout from Walker River, Nevada. 



In 1873, Joseph Emer>' of San Francisco, brought trout from 

 the north fork of the Mokelumne, stocking the Blue Lakes of 

 Amador with the Tahoe trout. 



The Tahoe trout was planted in Feather River by Mr. Pratt, 

 founder of the village of Prattsville in Plumas County, the fish 

 bemg taken from Truckee River. 



The golden trout, agmi-bonita. has been taken from Volcano 

 C reck and successfully planted in Lone Pine Creek, on the east 

 side of the Sierra Xevada. 



.. trout, var. sJiasta, has been planted by the State 



ish C ommission in the Truckee River, where it is now abun- 



