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I will report your work and Mr. Buffington's to the Bureau 

 of Fisheries in Washington. 



Can you, at some time, give the names of all the members of 

 the party who assisted in the planting done by you? The Gov- 

 ernment desires the names for their records. 



Very truly yours, Geo. W. Stewart. 



San Francisco, September i, 1908. 

 President David Starr Jordan, Stanford University, Gal. 



My Dear Dr. Jordan: I am enclosing herewith a copy of 

 report made recently to the State Fish Commission, which I 

 thought would prove of interest to you. I am also sending 

 you copy of letter just received from Major Stewart of VisaHa, 

 indicating that my inference was correct, and that the Roosevelti 

 variety of golden trout were planted in Rock Creek. I made 

 a careful examination of the fish from Rock Creek, though I 

 did not have any description of the Roosevelti variety at hand to 

 compare with. The only possible change which has taken place 

 as far as my observation goes, is that there are very fine black 

 spots extending further along the back and well up past the dor- 

 sal fin than is the case of the golden trout of Golden Trout Creek. 

 These dots are small and not particularly numerous. The large 

 size of the trout is probably due to the fact that as yet there 

 are comparatively few fish in the stream, and, as in case of trout 

 planted in lakes, where there have been no fish previously, they 

 grow to large size for the first few years, and then gradually 

 diminish in size as their numbers increase until they acquire a 

 uniform size, which probably is determined by the particular 

 environment. The trout in Rock Creek will probably increase 

 in numbers if protected, and eventually become smaller until 

 they are like the average of the trout in Golden Trout Creek. 



I wish to record for your information another interesting fact 

 in the trout line, which I am not sure has been called to your 

 attention. I caught a number of trout in the Kern River near 

 Junction Meadows and up toward the falls of the Kern-Kaweah 

 in that stream. They are quite distinct from the Kern River 

 trout. Their general color is quite dark, and they look almost 

 as black as a black bass, as they are taken out of the water. 

 Their size is a little larger than the golden trout. Like the 

 golden trout, they are distinguished by the absence of scales; 

 in fact, it appeared to me that this absence of scales was more 

 complete and remarkable than in the case of the golden trout. 

 Their skin had the feeling of a kid glove along the sides, and 

 presented no perceptible appearance of scales. They had a broad 

 stripe of dark rusty or reddish brown along the sides, and were 



