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a good four inches long, and good healthy- 

 looking fellows. We know not for certain 

 how the fish in the Thames are getting on, 

 but the river-keeper (Melborne) has told 

 Mr. Ponder that he has seen several young 

 trout in the shallows. If this be the fact, 

 rejoice, ye Thames anglers, and encourage 

 pisciculture ! 



Some few weeks ago Mr. Ponder invited 

 me to assist him in turning out a large batch 

 of young salmon and trout. We let them 

 loose into quiet, lone, undisturbed shal- 

 lows,* too shallow for perch and jack (which, 

 by the way, were spawning, and therefore 



* The fish, are all turned into those parts of the Thames 

 which are under the management of **The Thames Angling 

 Preservation Society," and which, therefore, are never netted. 

 See the laws of the Society ; and if you are an angler, help 

 their praiseworthy efforts to afford good angling sport to all. 



