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for the entertainment of visitors. Several were e-xhibited at the Maine Stale Fair this 

 month, and have endured without appreciable injury the ordeal of river water and 

 close confinement in a glass aquarium. 



"/;/ consideration of the experience 7i' kick I have had -with the American saibling, 

 I would select it in preference to any other fisli if I desired a sabuonoid to rear from 

 the fry and obtain the best results in size and percentage matured" 



I most heartily sustain Mr. Merrill in everything he says regarding the desirability 

 of this charr, and confidentl}' recommend it to the attention of State and National 

 commissioners who are presumabh' interested in placing a \aluable and easily propa- 

 gated food and game fish within reach of the American people. It is facile princcps, 

 from its rush at the cast smelt to the finish at the breakfast table. 



JOHN DUNCAN QUACKKNBOS. 



Columbia Ukiversitv, New York. 



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