190 FISH HATCHING. 



prietors of rivers in France who will under- 

 take to hatch and protect them, and make a 

 return of the quantity so produced. I should 

 here record my vote of thanks, and I am 

 sure other recipients will second it, for the 

 large number of sixty-five thousand eggs 

 which have been distributed, since September 

 last, to myself and to owners of various 

 private fish-hatching boxes here in England. 

 I give in the Appendix, by Mr. Ashworth^s 

 kindness, Mr. Coumes^ report, which will be 

 read with interest, and show upon what an 

 enormous scale the French Government are 

 carrying out the science of fish-hatching. 



I must now mention what has been done 

 in England by my excellent friend, Thomas 

 Ashworth, of Cheadle, Cheshire, who in con- 

 junction with his brother, are the owners 



