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could readily be found. The work might prove costly, but unquestionably the results 

 would evince the expediency and wisdom of the attempt. Ponds and grounds in 

 close proximity to the Great Lakes — and indeed a part of them, as in the instance 

 above cited — with a hatchery within the inclosure, would procure for the fry the most 

 natural and therefore the best accommodation and preparation for a larger and 

 stronger life. The plans might take in such extensive cribbing as lake commerce 

 demands, where the "breakwater" and storm harbor are necessities. If 10,000,000 

 fry could be placed in such confinement till they were from 2 to 5 inches long, and at 

 the proper time permitted to escape into the larger body of water, it would not be 

 death to them, for "what seems so is transition." They would find no change in 

 element or provender, and our lake fisheries would soon begin reaping the rich 

 reward of an experiment in pisciculture that must of necessity yet lead to a wider 

 field in the domain under our consideration to-day. 





