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salmon. I am, however, more indebted to Mr. Cheney than to any 
other man for this information, as well as that respecting the dams 
and obstructions lower down, as he has fished that country very exten- j 
sively, and is one of our best-informed anglers. Stoddard’s excellent 
map of the Adirondacks was also of use, but its scale does not permit 
the naming of the smaller brooks. 
Recapitu 
ilaiion of plantings since 1882. 
Carr’s Brook 
342, 600 
Beaver Meadow Brook 
39, 000 
Balm of Gilead Brook 
347, 173 
Roaring Brook 
.... 216,000 
The Glen Brook 
89, 000 
Clendon Brook 
. . . . *170, 400 
North Creek Brook 
135, 650 
Thirteenth Brook 
. . . . 129, 900 
Raymond Brook 
271, 300 
Indian River 
36,200 
Gulf Brook 
55, 000 
Cedar River 
59, 900 
Roblee Brook 
Minerva Brook (including 
50, 000 
Loon Lake 
38,600 
Kelso) 
72, 000 
Total 
... 2,052,723 
CAPTURES OF SALMON. 
Up to 1888 it may be fair to consider only the three first plantings, 
which comprised 890,000 fry. Iu 1886 several salmon were taken, one 
by John B. Denyse, in Gravesend Bay, and three at the Troy dam, the 
weights ranging from 10 to 14J pounds.! It has been estimated that a 
dozen or more were taken in that year by the fishermen. Mr. Blackford 
bought the salmon caught by Denyse, and displayed it on his stand, 
where it attracted great attention as a Hudson River salmon. 
In 1887 many “ North River salmon” were sold in New York, and 
were reported to have been taken up the river, although I know that 
some were taken in Gravesend Bay. On November 1 of that year a 
spent male salmon was taken at Port Monmouth, N. J., and sent to Mr. 
Blackford. It was very poor, and while it measured 2£ feet in length 
it weighed but 7 pounds. The hook on the jaw was slight, and the 
sides were blotched with red, as is usual with a ripe or spent male. 
This year, 1888, I have met with some difficulty in interviewing the 
shad fishermen, who are the ones who catch them, because of a New 
York State law, enacted during 1887, which forbids their capture, ex- 
cept with hook and line. The law is as follows : 
Chap. 530, Laws of New York. 
AN ACT for the protection and preservation of salmon in the waters of this State. 
Passed June 6, 1887, three-fifths being present. 
The people of the State of New York, represented in senate and assembly, do enact 
as follows : 
Section 1. No person shall at any time kill or catch, or attempt to kill or catch, 
salmon in the waters of this State with any device, or in any manner, save that of 
angling with line or rod held in hand. 
Sec. 2. No person shall catch, or attempt to catch or kill, any salmon in said waters 
save only from the first of March to the fifteenth day of Angnst in each year. 
* And 150 yearlings. 
t Rept. U. S. Fish Commission for 1885, foot-note to page 110. 
