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rows 2 to 3 feet apart, care being taken to leave only 4 inch 
or less above ground. 
There are many localities where comparatively valueless 
land, close to the mouths of rivers and canals, might be 
made highly profitable, at the same time as the cultivation 
of it with the before-mentioned trees and plants would 
improve the state of the fishing, and, before placing spawn 
and fish in any water, I consider it important to pay great 
attention to this question. Where few or no trees exist 
it will be necessary to cultivate them, and I feel certain 
that such proceeding will enhance the chances of the 
success of pisciculture. I will not here enter further upon 
the practical details of the question. These are bound to 
vary with the locality, and the local foresters will know 
how to deal with them. 
In drawing the attention of the Conference to this ques- 
tion, it is with the sincere hope that it may enlist your 
sympathy, and that the public opinion may be won fog. ie. 
That it is important for all freshwater fishing is evident. 
That is one more reason added to the many why we should 
regard the forest as a precious heirloom to be deeply 
revered, properly used, and, through careful maintenance, 
descend improved and enriched to posterity. 
DISCUSSION. 
Professor BROWN GOODE moved a vote of thanks to 
the Danish Commissioner for the Paper. He had already 
that day, in speaking on Professor Lankester'’s paper, 
called attention to the fact that one of the most important 
results of the Exhibition was its scientific results, important 
among which are the Conference Papers which have been 
read. This was confirmed by the present paper, which 
