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for experiment. The fish themselves must be trans- 

 ferred in carrying cans as it would be impossible to 

 breed them by artificial means. 



LOCH LEVEN TROUT. 



There is another trout with which sufficient experiments 

 have not been attempted in large lakes and ponds. This 

 fish is well known to anglers as affording excellent sport 

 and being very good to eat. Sir James R. Gibson 

 Maitland, Bart., Craigend, Stirling, N.B., breeds a very 

 large number of them artificially every year. 



I should say Loch Leven trout would do well for the 

 Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk, where the water is not 

 too sluggish and weedy. 



CHARR. 



A GREAT deal has yet to be done in Charr cultivation. 

 The eggs of the charr are obtainable from dealers under 

 the name of " Fera." Some years these eggs hatch out 

 well, sometimes badly. 



At my suggestion, my friend Mr. Fell, chairman of 

 the Kent and Westmoreland district, fitted up an ad- 

 mirable nursery for young fish close under his drawing- 

 room windows. I sent him up some young Swiss charr, 

 which became quite tame and thrived admirably. 



Charr are only found in deep mountain lakes. Pro- 

 prietors of mountain lakes in AVales should look to 

 their charr which sadly require cultivation and pro- 

 tection. 



SMELT. 



Among the Salmonida, the smelt, or sparling, requires 

 more attention than he has hitherto received. There 

 are so many instances on record of smelts doing well in 

 purely freshwater localities that whenever opportunity 



