200 FISH HATCHIls^G. 



the number of individuals whicli composed 

 the dense crowd that assembled to wel- 

 come the Princess of Wales on her arrival 

 in London : figures calculated out on given 

 data give us the number of human beings 

 then assembled at 700,000. Imadne a 

 salmon for each human being, and you will 

 have an idea of the number of fish Mr. Ash- 

 worth has hatched out as a stock for his 

 fisheries. 



The fisheries have benefited by his exer- 

 tions to an enormous extent. There are 

 twenty fish now to be seen, where there was 

 one before. The little fish go down to the 

 sea, and come back big fish — good, market- 

 able food, and the balance at the banker's 

 is increased in proportion. 



Scotland also has done much for her 



