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had provided himself with the necessary apparatus; but, 

 though a number of the fish were hatched, only one survived. 

 It was thought that a more extended time for preparation 

 would have given a more satisfactory result. 2 A, Jane 17, 

 440. 



CAPTURE OF SALMON IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER. 



We are happy to announce the capture in a gill -net at 

 Middle Haddam, in the Connecticut River, on the 24th of June 

 last, of a superb salmon weighing eighteen and a half pounds. 

 It is well known tliat the Connecticut, up to the early portion 

 of the present century, abounded in salmon to such an ex- 

 tent, indeed, that the usual plea was made by paupers and 

 apprentices that they should not be obliged to eat them more 

 than two or three times in a week. For many years, however, 

 the fish has been entirely exterminated there, and there was 

 no hope for a restoration except as the result of the action of 

 the State Fish Commissioners in introducing the young into 

 various parts of the stream. Judging from the size, it is 

 probable that the fish now taken is one of the 80,000 fry 

 placed in Williams River, in Vermont, in ISYO, and it is to be 

 hoped that more of this crop, as well as of the succeeding, 

 will make their appearance. Several millions of young fish 

 have been placed in the Connecticut, most of which, however, 

 will not be due for a year or two. The specimen in question 

 was sold for ten dollars in the Hartford market. 



ARTIFICIAL CULTURE OF PEARL-OYSTERS. 



At a recent meeting of the Society of Acclimatization of 

 Paris, a medal of the first class was awarded to Lieutenant 

 Mariot for having established at the island of Arutna, one of 

 the Paumotou islands of the Oceanic group, artificial inclos- 

 ures for the cultivation of pearl-oysters, the result of the ex- 

 periments so far made promising that the enterprise would 

 be successful. 10 i?, May^ 1876. 



REPRODUCTION OF THE OYSTER. 



Gerbe, who has given considerable attention to such sub- 

 jects, informs us that oysters are capable of reproduction 



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