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THE ]'.1{0AVN 01{ LAKE TROUT. 



This fish lias been suceessfully 

 lireejling is a mcist interesting- one, ainl 



acclimatised in Victoria. The j>roeess ol' artihcial lish- 

 oiie that shdiild lie more largely jmrsued than it is. The 



jinjeess hrietly is as i'ol- 

 lows : — In the spawning 

 reason the female fish is 

 caught and the ova exuded 

 into a shallow basin or dish 

 c:ontaining water, in the 

 manner as shown in the 

 sketch. The milt of the 

 male fish is then jiressed 

 into the dish over the eggs 

 ill the same way, and 

 mixing with the water is 

 gently brushed over and 

 amongst the eggs with a 

 feather, and by tliis means 

 "" ' ~ they are (quickened. They 



are then jilaeed on shallciw trays containing well-washed fine gravel, and a constant stream of 

 rresli water is nm over tlieiii for six weeks, when the process of hatching is completed; the fish, 

 wlicii hatched, producing tlic appearand' of a tiny fish attached to a bladder about the ^size 

 of a. pea. 



The umbilical aiipeiidage is retained for a few days, initil the young trout has absorbed 

 the nntrinieiit therein contained, anil swims about the shallow tray a jierfect little fish, living for 

 a lew weeks on grated boiled liver, until strong enough to be moved into a small pond with 

 running water, where tliey are kept until they are three or lour niouths old, when they are fit to 

 he set loose in a suitabli' lake, river, oi' I'l'eek. 



STKIl'I'I.NG A TROUT. 



