VEEEOW PERCH: 
i CUlMIVATION OR TFISHES WIN NA BURAL 
AND ARTIFICIAL PONDS. 
By C. H. TOWNSEND, 
DIRECTOR OF THE AQUARIUM. 
Formerly Chief of the Division of Fisheries, U. S. Fish Commission. 
URING the time that the writer has been responsible for the 
correspondence of the New York Aquarium, there has 
been frequent inquiry for information respecting methods of 
stocking and managing small fish ponds. The inquiries in gen- 
eral have related to the character of ponds, their water supply and 
management: the kinds of fishes desirable, their feeding, propa- 
gation, capture, and the sources from which they might be pro- 
cured. 
In some cases applicants were referred to the National or State 
fish commissions, while in others such information was given as 
was possible by letter, with references to book and articles that 
might be helpful. 
