INTRODUCTION. 



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ilepopulatecl by the untiring zeal of the angler, 

 can be replenished with little trouble and at a 

 small expense. Such streams as are not suited 

 to the trout can be stocked with other choice 

 varieties of fish with the same ease. 



The number of eggs produced by a single 

 female trout in one season has been A^ariously 

 stated by different writers, but it is a moderate 

 statement to say that it is many hundreds. 



A word to those who wish to make the 

 experiment, and I have done. The attempt 

 should only be made when the eggs are mature ; 

 to be secure in this, it will be best for the 

 beginner to take the j)^^^!^^ ^^h when they 

 are engaged in depositing the eggs. After the 

 eggs are forced into the vessel containing the 

 water, they should be stirred about a little, the 

 water poured off, and the vessel filled again 

 before the spermatic fluid is added, after which 

 the water should be a second time agitated, in 

 order that it may come in contact with all the 

 eggs ; this is necessary to the im]3regnation of 

 all of them. They should then be placed 

 where they can have running water passing con- 

 stantly over them. This may be done by hav- 

 ing a series of boxes partly filled with coarse 

 sand and gravel, each placed below the other 

 in the form of a stairway, the water j)^^ssing 



