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eggs of salmon and trout. Subjoined is a tabular state- 

 ment of the fish-eggs collected and distributed at Huningue 

 for the season of 18612. 



The establishment of M. de Galbert on the Isere, at 

 Buisse, in the Canton Voiron, is one of importance. He 

 has a hatching-house and a series of ponds ; selling ova and 

 young fry, as well as adult fish. Five years ago, he could 

 sell 50,000 young fry every spring or summer, without 

 interfering with his crop of mature fish. 



Many of our countrymen on their return from Europe, 

 speak of the trout-ponds at Heidelberg. The following 

 is by Prof. A. D. Hager, one of the Vermont Fish Com- 

 missioners. 



" In Europe the experiment of raising fish in artificial 

 ponds has been successfully made in many instances. One 

 of the great attractions at Heidelberg, in Baden, is the fish 

 pond where the fish are trained to take their food from a 

 person's hand. 



" Near Neufchatel, in Switzerland, Prof. Vouga has been 

 employed by his government for the past six years in pro- 

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