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Oyster culture . . . . . . . 225 



An hermaphrodite ..... 225 



Fecundity of ...... 225 



Manner of incubating ..... 225 



Growth of . . . . . .226 



Chief object in culture of .... 227 



Culture at Fusaro ..... 227, 229 



at Isle of Ree ..... 228 



at Bay of St. Bruic . . . .228 



English and French .... 229 



Decrease of in Eastern States .... 230 



Value of in Virginia ..... 230 



Percidaj ....... 203 



Pike ........ 218 



Ponds Their shape . . ... . .41 



Series of . . . . . . 33, 34 



Method of shading . . . . . .31 



Depth and size of . . . . . . 37 



Transfer of trout from one to another . . .35 



Of Jeremiah Comfort ..... 37 



Of Peter Christie . . . . . .272 



Of Dr. J. H. Slack ..... 287 



Of Rev. L. Stone . . . . .264 



Seth Green's . ' . . . . . 96 



Stephen H. Ainsworth's . . . . .91 



Protection of from muskrats .... 32 



Stocking of . . . . . .39 



Profits of trout-breeding ..... 79 



Replenishing Western waters . . . . . 179 



Rockfish .....'.. 203 



Salmon Culture of . . ... . .102 



Instinct ....... 102, 103 



Of different rivers ...... 104 



Former abundance of ..... 105 



Inward migration of . . . . . . 105 



Marking ....... 106 



Long time of incubation in American waters . . 108 



Growth of fry of . . . . . . 110 



Of the Danube ' . . . . . .113 



Naturalization of in rivers of Middle States . . 115 



Fishways for . . . . . .120 



Early fecundity of males .... Ill 



Statistics ...... 137, 138, 139 



Hatching of the ova oh the Mirainichi . 4 . 195 



