. Book of the Royal blue . t that theyhave been there since the time of theIndians, but this is a mistake, as they werenot known in these waters less than fiftyyears ago. The story of how they camethere as told by Mr. A. G. Stabler, of Balti-more, who is the only man living who as-sisted in stocking the river, is well authen-ticated and vouched for in a book, entitled:Book of the Black Bass, by Dr. -J. A. South and North Branches of the Potomac,became known to all of the anglers of Amer-ica. Mr. Shriver in a letter to a friend in1860 said: The enterprise or experimentwas contemplated by me lon
. Book of the Royal blue . t that theyhave been there since the time of theIndians, but this is a mistake, as they werenot known in these waters less than fiftyyears ago. The story of how they camethere as told by Mr. A. G. Stabler, of Balti-more, who is the only man living who as-sisted in stocking the river, is well authen-ticated and vouched for in a book, entitled:Book of the Black Bass, by Dr. -J. A. South and North Branches of the Potomac,became known to all of the anglers of Amer-ica. Mr. Shriver in a letter to a friend in1860 said: The enterprise or experimentwas contemplated by me long before thecompletion of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadto the Ohio River and Wheeling, but nosatisfactory mode of transportation pre-sented itself to my mind until after thecompletion of the great work in 1853 andin the following year I made my first trip,although I made several trips afterwardsin the same year, carrying with me my firstlot of fish in a large perforated tin bucket,and which I made to fit the water tank. BASS flSHiJiU ON THE KIVIiR. Henshall, of Cincinnati, and dedicated tothe Cuvier (Tub of that city, in 1889. In 1854 Mr. Shriver, of Wheeling, think-ing the Potomac River admirably suited forthe cultivation of the black bass, togetherwith two or three other gentlemen, broughta small lot of twenty or thirty black bassin a live box, in the water tank of a Balti-more & Ohio locomotive, from Wheeling,W. Va., and put them into the PotomacRiver at Cumberland, and from this smallbeginning the famous river and its manylarge tributaries, among them the Seneca,Shenandoah, Cherry Creek, Sleepy Creek,Great and Little Cacapon, Patterson Creek, attached to the locomotive, which was sup-plied with fresh water at regular waterstations along the line of the road, andthereby succeeded well in keeping the fish,which were young, small, fresh and sound,having been selected for the purpose. Thislot of fish, as well as every subsequent one,on my arrival at Cumberland were pu
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