FISH FOE ACCLIMATISATION. 



This book would not be complete if I did not take tlie 

 opportunity of giving the public the results of my ex- 

 perience as to the acclimatisation of fish, and at the 

 same time stating what prospects we have of succeed- 

 ing in the future in this desirable object. 



By the acclimatisation of fish I mean that, not only 

 is it possible to obtain from other countries fish not as 

 yet known as British fish, but whereas we have already 

 in our waters some of the best fish in the world, that it 

 would be desirable to improve their breed by trans- 

 ferring them from places where they are already found 

 in abundance to other places having a similarity of 

 soil and climate. 



I will now give a short description of each of these 

 fish. 



SALMONID/E. 

 SALMO SALAR. 



I AM of opinion that the strain of British salmon might 

 be very much improved by crossing the breeds indi- 

 genous in the various English rivers. I have stated 

 this more than once before Committees in the House of 

 Commons. The eggs should be taken from spawning 

 fish, hatched out artificially, and the young ones turned 

 down into the upper waters of the rivers. I am sure^ 



