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of 21b. 2oz. The ■wild mother-fisli in the Swiss Lakes, 

 from which these eggs are taken, average 121bs. to 141bs., 

 the father-fish are sometimes as heavy as 201bs. Those 

 who require eggs of the Great Lake trout should order 

 them from my Secretary, Mr. Searle, who is in direct 

 communication with the official authorities who have 

 the disposal of them in Switzerland. 



COMMON TROUT. 



Many of my friends who have trout fisheries and also 

 hatching apparatus are now in the habit of catching 

 their own fish and breeding from them. 



Eggs of the common trout can also be obtained from 

 Germany, through English dealers in trout eggs. 



TRANSFER OF TROUT. 



Many readers of this book may have pond^, but yet 

 no breeding apparatus. To these I would recommend 

 the plan of catching tlie small trout in the brooks and 

 putting them into the ponds. Fish thus transported 

 should be yearling fish, i.e., from 4in. to Gin. long. 



They should be turned down in the shallowest part of 

 the pond, and it would be all the better for them if a 

 portion of the pond be hurdled off so as to keep them 

 from the pike. They must be fed in their new homes. 



VENDACE. 



There is a fish that exists, so far as I know, only in 

 Loch Maben, in Scotland, where it is said to have been 

 introduced by Mary Queen of Scots. There must be 

 many ponds and lakes in Scotland that are similarly 

 situated to Loch Maben, and I strongly advise gentle- 

 men possessing such opportunities to obtain permission 

 of the proprietor to transport living Loch Maben vendace 



