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Sending trout eggs from Germany to England. — According 

 to the Fishing Gazette of January 19, 1884, Dr. F, Zenk, proprietor of the 

 Seeweise FisL-breeding ELstablishment near Wlirzburg, Germany, is 

 sending to England lake trout eggs, Salmo fario. Tliey are forwarded 

 in a square box containing another smaller, perforated box embedded 

 in damp moss. This being opened disclosed more damp moss, beauti- 

 fully cool, and in the midst of this, enveloped first in coarse wadding 

 and tlien in fine muslin, a nest of splendid eggs. A lot received by the 

 Fishing Gazette contained only a dozen or two of dead ones in the 

 whole lot. The dead eggs, being white aiid opaque, are easily dis- 

 cerned by their contrast to the beautiful, translucent, orange-tinted, eyed 

 ova. Dr. Zenk offers 80,000 of these eggs at 9 shillings uer thousand. 

 Those hatched and deposited in England last year and the year before 

 are reported to be doing very well. 



Arrival of German trout eggs. — The steamer Donau, of the 

 Korth German Lloyds, recently brought 70,000 eggs of Salmo fario to 

 this country. Forty thousand of these were consigned to Mr. E, G. 

 Blackford on account of New York. The eggs were of two kinds, large 

 and small, and were sent to Cold Spring Harbor for distribution. They 

 have been divided between North ville, Mich.; Central Station, Washing- 

 ington; Wytheville, Ya.; Caledonia, N. Y.; and Cold Spring Harbor. 

 They came from the ponds of Mr. C. Schuster, Freiburg, Baden, and 

 were in good order. The North German Lloyds made no charge for 

 transportation. [From Forest and Stream, March 6, 1884.] 



Dead fish. — Thousands of dead fish, mostly perch, have been washed 

 ashore off Lake Mendota during the past week. It is said that Street 

 Commissioner Bishop removed from the city shore of Mendota one day 

 not less than 15 tons of dead perch. Dr. Eowley, of Middleton, reports 

 that the shoresiu^ar his village are covered with victims of the same 

 finny tribe, and the peoi)le out there are considerably alarmed as to the 

 consequences of so much decaying matter. From microscopic examina- 

 tion of the dead fish, Dr. Eowley has come to the conclusion that the 

 deadly animal is a parasite, which attacks its victims near the gills. 

 The first symptom of distress is noticed by the fish throwing its head 

 out of the water and gasping. In a few moments it is entirely helpless. 

 The water of the lake for days pa..t has presented thousands of floating 

 bodies of fish. It is thought the worst is now over. The health of 

 the city prompts vigorous work.— Madison, Wis., July 19, 1884. [From 

 the American Field, July 26, 1884.] 



Shad in the Potomac, 1854 to 1881.— Mr. Withers Waller, writing 

 from Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia, says : 



"When I commenced fishing in 1854 there were fifty large seines 

 hauled on the Potomac. Now I doubt if there are more than eight or 



