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  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  were 
  believed 
  to 
  contain 
  none 
  of 
  this 
  

   species. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  Messrs. 
  B. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Greig, 
  and 
  

   A. 
  Higby, 
  of 
  Turin, 
  Lewis 
  county, 
  procured 
  about 
  thir- 
  

   ty 
  specimens 
  from 
  Oneida 
  Lake 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  

   adjoining 
  Brantingham 
  Lake, 
  with 
  the 
  design 
  of 
  rearing 
  

   them. 
  The 
  obstructions 
  placed 
  to 
  prevent 
  their 
  escape 
  

   having 
  been 
  removed, 
  they 
  soon 
  found 
  their 
  w^ay 
  into 
  

   all 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes 
  not 
  obstructed 
  by 
  water 
  falls, 
  

   with 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  water 
  communication. 
  And 
  at 
  

   this 
  time 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  fish 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  these 
  in 
  

   the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Black 
  river. 
  This 
  result 
  may 
  furnish 
  

   a 
  valuable 
  suggestion 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  would 
  desire 
  to 
  in- 
  

   troduce 
  new 
  species 
  offish 
  from 
  distant 
  localities. 
  

  

  Numbers 
  of 
  pike 
  and 
  pickerel 
  were 
  also 
  placed 
  with 
  

   the 
  perch 
  in 
  the 
  pond, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  salmon 
  trout 
  previously 
  inhabit- 
  

   ing 
  it, 
  as 
  none 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  there 
  since. 
  

  

  LuciopERCA 
  AMERICANA, 
  Ycllow 
  Pike 
  Perch. 
  Commonly 
  known 
  

   in 
  this 
  section 
  by 
  the 
  single 
  name 
  of 
  Pike. 
  Two 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  ; 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Oswegatchie, 
  the 
  other 
  from 
  Black 
  

   Lake. 
  These 
  and 
  pickerel 
  are 
  caught 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   year. 
  In 
  winter 
  a 
  hole 
  is 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  ice, 
  in 
  which 
  hooks 
  

   are 
  set 
  ; 
  the 
  lines 
  being 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  short 
  arm 
  of 
  a 
  

   lever 
  supported 
  by 
  a 
  rod 
  which 
  passes 
  through 
  it. 
  

   When 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  drawn 
  down 
  by 
  a 
  fish 
  the 
  long 
  arm 
  

   of 
  the 
  lever 
  is 
  thrown 
  up 
  as 
  a 
  signal 
  to 
  the 
  fisherman. 
  

   One 
  person 
  can 
  often 
  attend 
  upon 
  a 
  dozen 
  hooks 
  at 
  a 
  

   time. 
  

  

  Cektrarchus 
  AENEAS, 
  Frcsh 
  water 
  Bass, 
  

   From 
  Black 
  Lake. 
  

  

  Cektrarchus 
  fasciatus. 
  Black 
  Fresh 
  water 
  Bass. 
  Commonly 
  

   called 
  by 
  fishermen 
  Black 
  Bass. 
  Black 
  Lake. 
  

  

  PoMOTis 
  VULGARIS, 
  The 
  common 
  Pond 
  Fish. 
  Sun 
  Fish. 
  Black 
  

   Lake. 
  

  

  PiMELODus 
  puLLus, 
  Browu 
  Cat 
  Fish, 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  river. 
  . 
  * 
  

  

  Another 
  cat 
  fish 
  of 
  very 
  common 
  occurrence 
  in 
  this 
  

   section, 
  being 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  new, 
  is 
  here 
  described; 
  — 
  

  

  