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startling claims to attention as a Fresnel lighthouse might call 

 for. Excellent varieties of hatching apparatus may be seen in 

 the Government Building, with the various utensils used in the 

 transportation of fish, some of the latter being indeed historically 

 famous. The collection of models of Fish-Ways are wonder- 

 fully complete, and may afford one ample means of study and 

 comparison. I would call your attention to the charming 

 miniature fish hatching-house in the Maryland State Building, 

 planned by the Fish Commissioner from Maryland, and also to 

 the process of hatching California salmon, now actually going 

 on in the same building. 



I should endeavor, before concluding this exceedingly rapid 

 and necessarily imperfect sketch of Group V., to give some 

 deductions in regard to its general character. I must declare, 

 then, that as far as the actual fishing or catching goes, we have 

 in America very little, if anything, to learn. Our nets, lines 

 hooks, and apparatus, generally, are exceedingly well made and 

 of the best material. As to the ingenuity displayed, the best 

 proof of the excellence of the apparatus is to be found in the 

 diminishing quantity of the fish. 



Without our being then the least pretentious, we are to be 

 taught but very little from abroad as to how fish are caught in 

 the cheapest and most expeditious way. Here and there, 

 occasionally, some things seemed to be novel, as derived from 

 another country, but a more careful study of such devices showed 

 that the methods had been employed in the United States, and 

 either given up or amended. 



In fact, the United States is sending fishing material abroad, 

 where it finds an increasing demand, due to its cheapness and 

 excellence. As to " Fish as Food " — class 642 — other deductions, 

 I think, could be made, and perhaps not as flattering. Certain 

 methods of preparing cod, haddock, and ling, employed in 



