712 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



to try and obtain the spawn of free oysters, if the season 

 be mild enough to permit, by surrounding with fascines 

 a natural oyster bed that has been recently explored. He 

 proposes subsequently to inclose the young oysters in 

 floating preservative boxes, and to raise them on the spot. 



The labours, works, and schemes which I have just 

 explained, are due to the initiative taken by General Wer- 

 geland, whose laudable ambition it is to render to his 

 country the same services which M. Coste has rendered to 

 France. He is now engaged in restocking, by means of 

 pisciculture, the large and beautiful lakes of Norway. If 

 he succeeds, as there is every reason to believe he will, 

 his country will be indebted to him for the introduction 

 of a branch of industry for which there is a great future in 

 store. 



