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to Whitney Creek, which lies at the base of Mount Whitney. 

 I had heard that there were golden trout in Rock Creek, 

 which is half way to Golden Trout Creek, and upon arriving 

 that evening I ascertained this to be true, for without any diffi- 

 culty I caught a beautiful specimen of the pure golden trout, 

 and therefore decided it would be unnecessary to go on to 

 Golden Trout Creek. The next morning we caught fifty-four 

 golden trout, which averaged from ten to twelve inches, being 

 nearly twice the length of the golden trout in Golden Trout 

 Creek. These trout, as I was informed later in Visalia, were 

 placed in Rock Creek several years ago, and have now become 

 quite numerous. They retain their coloration and other char- 

 acteristic features of the golden trout of Golden Trout Creek, 

 and being so much larger, they afford splendid fishing. Fifty- 

 four trout were placed in an unnamed lake at the head of one 

 of the branches of Rock Creek, in which there were no fish 

 previously. This lake abounded in insect life, and there were 

 numerous frogs and pollywogs, as in the case of the lake where 

 the first planting occurred. Though the fish were of very large 

 size, it being impossible to get small ones, they were in splendid 

 condition with two or three exceptions, and none dead. 



Third Planting of Golden Trout. — We returned to Rock Creek 

 in the afternoon and caught about fifty more of these large 

 trout, which we took back with us to Crabtree Meadow and 

 placed in Whitney Creek. All of the trout were alive and in 

 good condition, except one which had died en route, and the 

 next morning, as we came down through the Meadow, on our 

 way back to the Kern River, we saw half a dozen of these 

 beautiful large fish swimming in the stream where we had 

 placed them. Whitney Creek is very similar in many of its 

 characteristics to Golden Trout Creek, and ought to make a 

 splendid home for the golden trout. There are numerous lakes 

 through which the main stream flows, and at its head-waters. 

 It is probably impossible for the trout to reach these lakes from 

 the Meadows where they were planted, and it will be most 

 desirable for some one later on to catch a few from the Meadows 

 and transport them to the lakes, which are only a short distance 

 away, after the trout have multiplied. Many of these large 

 trout appeared to be about ready to spawn, and if this is the 

 case there ought to be plenty of trout in Whitney Creek in a 

 very short time. 



Fourth Planting — Kern River Trout. — On July iith, under the 

 direction of Professor W. C. Morgan of the University of Cali- 

 fornia, and assisted by several of the fishermen of the party, 

 sixty Kern River trout of six or eight inches in length were 



