I am sorry to say that I cannot report the catch of any _S. quinnat_,
yet three fish have been sent in for the premium we held out for the
first fifteen caught, but they proved not to be quinnat. Lately I heard
that there were so many salmon caught in the Ourthe, near Liege, Belgium
(the Ourthe is one of the feeders of the Maas), which was an astonishing
fact, as salmon are seldom taken there.

Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, January 12, 1884





ARTICLE IV

MEMORANDA RELATIVE TO INCLOSURES FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF SALMON DRAWN
FROM EXPERIENCE AT BUCKSPORT, PENOBSCOT RIVER, MAINE.

By Charles G. Atkins

[In response to request of Dr. C. J. Bottemanne.]
April 7, 1884.

_Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission_, Vol. 4, Pages 170-174,
1884.




The Penobscot salmon-breeding establishment was founded in 1872, at