Report of the Commissioner for 1875-1876 . sh; Pimcelodus catus,cat-fish ; Lenciscus deplema, horned dace; Catostomus tuberculatus. wartedsucker; Catostomus duqaesnii, red-horse ; Esox estor, pike ; Lepidosteus,gar; Anguilla lutea, eel; Acipenser, sturgeon; Polyodonfolium, shovel,fish, and several specimens not identified. An exploration of the various streams and lakes in this State willwithout doubt reveal many species not anticipated, and probably a num,ber new to science. From the effect of the Chicago Eiver water upon the fishes in thestreams through which it passes before reaching the Mi
Report of the Commissioner for 1875-1876 . sh; Pimcelodus catus,cat-fish ; Lenciscus deplema, horned dace; Catostomus tuberculatus. wartedsucker; Catostomus duqaesnii, red-horse ; Esox estor, pike ; Lepidosteus,gar; Anguilla lutea, eel; Acipenser, sturgeon; Polyodonfolium, shovel,fish, and several specimens not identified. An exploration of the various streams and lakes in this State willwithout doubt reveal many species not anticipated, and probably a num,ber new to science. From the effect of the Chicago Eiver water upon the fishes in thestreams through which it passes before reaching the Mississippi Eiver-and the effect of the distillery on the water and fishes in the Little Cal- 800 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. uniet, it will probably be useless to introduce new food-fishes. Butother streams, and the numerous lakes in this part of the State can besuccessfully restocked. Eels would without doubt succeed, and thefinding of the small shad at Riverdale proves that they have lived for afew years in that ?2SU Diagram showing position of nets in Chicago Harbor. III.—THE SALMON FISHERIES OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. By Livingston Stone. San Francisco, Oal., December 31,1875. Sffi: I beg leave to report as follows : In pursuance of instructions received from you from Washington, Ileft San Francisco for the Columbia Eiver on the 1st day of May, 1875,and arrived at Portland, Oreg., on the 6th day of the same this point I made various excursions up the Willamette and upand down the Columbia from the ocean to Celilo, 210 miles from themouth of the river, giving special attention to the natural history of thesalmon and the business -of the river canneries, besides looking up afavorable point for the artificial propagation of salmon. In regard to the natural history of the salmon I was able to gatherquite a large number of facts, but could make only very little certainprogress, in the limited time that I had to spend on the Columbia, to-ward de
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