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peas, yet all good eggs. This depends, it is 

 said, uiDon whether the trout is a red-fleshed 

 trout or a white-fleshed trout. Again, I 

 found subsequently that the young fish 

 hatched out from the red eggs were much 

 brighter than those hatched out of the yellow 

 eggs : the cause I hope to be able to ascertain 

 when I have a favourable opportunity of 

 examining the flesh of the fish from which 

 the spawn has been taken. This fact as 

 regards the difference of colour in the eggs 

 has been observed by others, for in " The 

 Field '^ G. A. writes as follows : — 



" SiPv, — In Mr. Buckland's account of im- 

 pregnating ova in the Wandle, he speaks of 

 the variety in colour of the ova being attri- 

 buted by his informant to the colour of the 

 flesh of the parent. Mr. Buckland very 



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