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cent. He then said to himself, if something better than that 

 could not be done we might as well quit the business. I inquired 

 of him how he came to settle upon this question of dry impregna- 

 tion. He said he reduced the amount of water gradually, and 

 when he got it down so as to have enough to just free his eggs 

 from the pan, he brought his impregnation up to nearly loo per 

 cent. There is no question in my mind — I know it from reason- 

 ing by deduction — I know it in no other way — that the very idea 

 in nature of making fish so prolific was the idea that a large per- 

 centage of ova was lost, but if it were not for the interference of 

 man, the stock w^ould be maintained even in the way nature pro- 

 vides. 



Mr. Bryant: I desire to offer the following resolution: 



Resolved, That the warmest thanks of this Society be extended 

 to the Hon. James McMillan and Mr. M. S. Smith, of Detroit, 

 to the Lake St. Clair Shooting and Fishing Club, and to the 

 anglers of the City of Detroit, to the officials of the Michigan 

 Central Railroad, and the press of Detroit. Their courtesies, hos- 

 pitable entertainment and kindly attentions have added to the 

 pleasure of our meeting, and made our visit one to be cherished 

 among pleasant memories. 



I move the adpotion of the resolution. 



The motion was unanimously adopted. 



( )n motion, the Society then took a recess until the following 

 day. the meeting to be held at the Paris, Mich., hatchery. 



On the evening of the i8th the Society took a special train 

 of private cars, as the guests of the Micliigan Central Railway 

 Co., and were taken to the Paris hatching station of the Michi- 

 gan Fish Conmiission, some two hundred nnles from Detroit, 

 returning to Detroit the evening of the day following. 



The Society then adjourned until to-morrow. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1897, AT THE SESSION 

 HELD AT PARIS, MICH. 



President: The first business in order is the reading of a paper 

 by Mr. James Nevin, of Wisconsin, on Pike Eggs. 



Prof. Birge: I wish to say that this is a portion of the report 

 of Mr. Nevin, which was submitted to the Wisconsin Board, and 

 relates to the loss of pike-perch eggs after they had arrived at 

 the eyed condition, and we thought it might possibly be of inter- 

 est to the Society. 



The paper was then read by Prof. Birge, as follows : 



