18 FISH HATCH IIs^G. 



rectly, as it is not likely that all the ova 

 should become loose at the same moment. 



• COLOUR OF OVA. 



I have observed a cm-ious circumstance as 

 regards the fact that the eggs differ in colour 

 in different trout. At the beoinnino; of this 

 year S. Gurney, Esq., M.P., kindly invited 

 me do^Yn to assist in taking the ova from 

 some of his trout, who live a luxurious life 

 in that part of the Wandle ^vhich belongs 

 to him. We found the fish quite ripe, and 

 in a few minutes obtained a very ample 

 supply of the most beautiful ova I ever be- 

 held. It was there that I remarked for the 

 first time that the ova of some of the trout 

 were of a sj)lendid coral-red colour ; others, 

 on the contrary, were almost as white as 



