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According to a notice published since by H. lj» G^ Ditton, 

 pharmncist of the Christianin office ( De la protection et la 

 reproduction du hor.iard et des huitres, 1879) the system should 

 consist of taking the female lobsters which have their eggs 

 developed, placing them in a car moored in a region suitably 

 chosen and maintained by floats at a certain depth bclOT; the 

 water level. In putting the animals back again during the appro- 

 priate season, as soon as tlieir' eggs hatch, one obtains in these 

 tanlcs a great number of embryos which are maintained for some 

 time by means of proper feeding. But, reaching a certain point 

 of development, they plunge to the bottom of the car, leaving 

 by holes prepared at a certain point and going to sea. This 

 method, as one sees it, demands certain work without assuring the 

 owner reimbursement for his troubles, since the yo\ing escape 

 his sui^eillance once outside the car, but should only be 

 recommended from a vievirjpoint of public usefulness, if the exper- 

 iments are favorable to it« 



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