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incubate, the little fish about a month old being re-transmitted 
to the river and turned to its waters. Here they would form 
good food for larger fishes, but it is improbable they would 
increase the stock, for to do this the fry should not be less 
than one or two years old, up to which time they should be 
kept in appropriate localities. While it may be asked, why, 
if a larger stock is required, are not killers of last-springs and 
smolts more severely dealt with? If fishermen in the upper 
waters are to be believed, there is at the present time an 
enormous destruction by anglers of salmon fry, and one can 
hardly blame them, this being almost the only condition in 
which salmon, not breeding or foul, are seen in these parts. 
Or should it be wished to acclimatize foreign forms of salmon, 
the same questions of how to proceed would have to be con- 
sidered, the character of the proposed imported form should be 
investigated, both as to.its properties when cooked, its breed- 
ing, and the food it is most partial to; while anglers might 
like to know its sporting characters, and in seeking for such 
information, it may not be amiss to warn them to be cautious 
in accepting all the statements which may be made, unless 
there is likewise ample evidence in confirmation. A Mr Carter 
has lately asserted in a lecture, among other extraordinary 
facts, that “‘land-locked salmon have proved a success in the 
Severn.” One would like to know where? not having heard 
of it. If, however, the proprietors or workers of the fisheries 
in the middle and tidal portions of the Severn will not join in 
any general scheme, or submit to any restrictions which would 
permit the riparian owners (who reside higher up the river and 
rear the fish,) to obtain any of the results, the latter might 
think it worth while to consider whether effectual steps might 
not be taken to largely augment the non-migratory fresh water 
forms. In this all the present angling societies and anglers 
would probably join, while if successful, it would bring large 
numbers of visitors to spend their vacations on the banks of 
our silvery stream. Here, at a much less cost, trout, grayling, 
and coarse fish might be reared, and used for stocking pur- 
poses. Reservoirs ought to be yearly netted, and the contained 
