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stage of existence than when more developed; 

 beside, when the eyes are perceptible, it is known 

 to a certainty that the eggs are fecundated. 



Another method of shipping eggs, (and a very 

 good method it is, too,) is to j)lace the eggs in a 

 box filled with aquatic plants, with a sufficient 

 amount of water to keep the whole wet. This is 

 an excellent method, in cases where the eggs are 

 to be kej^t but a short period of time. 



Yet another method is recommended, which is, 

 to place the eggs between the folds of clean, wet 

 cloth — thick blanketing is recommended — placed 

 in boxes in the same manner as the sand in M. 

 Costa's method — that is, in alternate layers — the 

 whole to be thoroughly saturated with the water. 



The Erench Government, at the present time, 

 supplies, from its establishment at Huningen, eggs 

 of the most select varieties to every department 

 of France, so that in a very short period of time 

 the rivers, lakes, and even the bays of France 

 will be teeming with shoals of fish, where they 

 had become very scarce, and in many places, in 

 fact, were none at all. 



