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ham. — Swans in Pond. — Eesult of destruction of 

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CHAPTER IV. 



On the Protection of the Eggs, and hatching them by 

 artificial means. — Artificial Nests. — Out-door Boxes. 

 — Gravel for Boxes. — Darkness necessary. — In-door 

 Apparatus. — Filter the AVater. — Dead Eggs. — Tem- 

 peratui'e should be low. — 'Mr. Buist's Observations. — 

 Time required for Development. — Grayling Ova. — 

 Development of young Fish. — "Water Babies. — The 

 Hospital. — Bii'th of Fish. — Difficulties of young 

 Fish. — Young Charr. — Steeple-Chase Salmon, — 

 Weight of young Fish. — Lower jaw developed. — 

 Eye of young Fish. — "Hides" for Fish. — Defor- 

 mities. — " Siamese twin" Fish. — Microscopic appear- 

 ances of yovmg Fish. — Blood-vessels. — Pectoral Fins. 

 — Mr. Hancock's Report. — Muscle of Fin, — Nutri- 

 ment, how conveyed. — Anatomy of UmbQical Bag. — 

 No Duct exists. — Gill Fever. — How to feed young 

 Fish. — Midges for Fish. — Young Fish rise at the Fly. 

 — The Master of the Tank. — Turning out Fish. — 

 Shallows best for Fish. — Salmon in a Ditch. — Difie- 

 rence of growth in Fish. — Cause of the Phenomenon. 

 — Diff'erence in Food. — Shells i;. Insects. — Transport 

 of Ova and Fish. — Transport of Eggs. —To unpack the 

 Eggs. — To carry young Fish. — Young Salmon from 

 Sweden. — Fish Breeding in Sweden. — Salmon to 

 Australia. — The Establishment at Huningue, — M. 

 Coste and Mr. Coumes. — Mr. Ashworth's Labours. — 

 Loughs Mask and Corrib. — Its pecuniary advantages. 

 Transportation of Live Salmon. — Its cost. — Reap- 



