410 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following plants have been made in the tributaries of the river : 
1882 225,000 
1883 244, 900 
1884 385,700 
1885 "319, 100 
1886.... 297,573 
1887 140, 450 
1888 440, 000 
Total 
*2, 052, 723 
Where the odd figures occur I would explain that there was no pre- 
tense to actual count, but from the measured number of eggs there was 
an actual count of the losses of eggs a*nd fry, my men being instructed 
to keep such a record, and the loss being deducted left odd numbers, 
which were always added in the last shipment, except in cases of loss 
in transportation, when they were deducted from that particular ship- 
ment. 
The streams in which the fry were placed are good trout streams, but 
there exists great confusion as to their names; for instance, while on 
this investigation, I asked Nat. Bennett, a well-known Adirondack 
guide, where u Roaring Brook” was, and he said that it was only an- 
other name for “ Thirteenth Brook.” This happened at the North River 
Hotel, and the latter brook empties into the Hudson about 100 yards 
above, while others said that “ Roaring Brook” was a tributary of North 
Creek. As it will be found that a brook by this name was stocked in 
four different years, I can not say which one received the two plantings 
of 1883, made by O. B. Hewitt; nor that in 1884, by F. A. Walters, be- 
cause the men are no longer in my employ, and I do not know their ad- 
dresses. The plantings in “ Roaring Brook,” made in 1886 by C. H. 
Walters, and in 1888 by O. Y. Rogers, were in the stream emptying 
into North Creek. Depending, as we must, on the natives for the 
nomenclature of these little mountain streams, we find that the names 
are much mixed, and the maps do not name these little brooks. My 
foreman, C. H. Walters, tells me that Eldridge Brook, stocked by him 
in 1886, is the stream also known as “Balm of Gilead,” and that it had 
two plantings in that year in consequence of its double name. I have 
now a better knowledge of the smaller brooks, and will try to avoid 
confusion of this kind in the future. The following is a list of the 
brooks, with the numbers of salmon placed in them : 
Carr’s Brook , also called “ Deleby Brook,” which comes into the Hudson 
from the east, a mile or two above North Creek, the northern terminus 
of the Adirondack Railroad, is a good trout stream, and is one of the best 
And 150 yearlings. 
