THE AQUARIUM, OCTOBER, 1896. 71 
that the hatching of the eggs and the 
development of the young fry should 
keep pace, as much as possible, with 
the food supply out of doors. The 
laws of nature cannot be transgressed 
without punishment, and the fish cul- 
turist who hatches his eggs too soon is 
in the same position with the gardener 
who plants too soon. 
The best localities where to plant 
young fish are shallow places in creeks, 
inlets of lakes, or little runs to which 
large fish cannot go. If possible, places 
near a spring should be selected, where 
an abundance of suitable live food and 
shelter, in the way of flat, hollow-lying 
stones, vegetation or brush is to be 
found. Sometimes it becomes neces- 
sary to prepare such sheltered places 
for their receptton, and if this is the 
case, these should be completed days 
before, so that everything is in readi- 
ness when the fish have arrived at that 
stage of development where nature di- 
rects them to hunt. 
It being of great importance that the 
young fish should find plenty of food 
and shelter, in order to rapidly outgrow 
many of their enemies, it would be 
against their interest were we to plant 
them all, or too many, in one place, 
thinking that they will scatter grad- 
ually by themselves. Such a proceed- 
ing would exhaust the food supply too 
rapidly. This would retard the growth 
of: the fish, and besides, such a large 
gathering of young fish would attract 
their enemies in great numbers. The 
securest plan is, therefore, to plant 
them towards evening, in a great many 
different places, and only in small col- 
onies. ‘Thus, all the advantages for 
their struggle for existence are in their 
favor. 
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Bounty FoR DestTrRoyYING FIsH 
ENEMIES.—In Utah they give a bounty 
for fish-eating birds. Three boys re- 
cently brought in 1,630 heads of dif- 
ferent birds, claiming the bounty. 
Other States should follow.—/ishing 
Gazette. 
This is a movement in the right di- 
rection.* In the editor’s opinion, there 
has been entirely too much attention 
given to the hatching of fish and not 
enough to their protection. There are 
exceptional cases where fish are best 
hatched artificially, but the majority of 
our food fishes will propagate bounti- 
fully in their natural haunts. Artifi- 
cial fish hatching isan important factor 
in fish culture, but only when sup- 
ported by a proper system of fish pro- 
tection, otherwise it isa costly scien 
tific toy. 
Were a person to hatch eggs in a 
carefully guarded incubator located in 
a well ventilated room and right after 
hatching, turn the little chicks into an 
empty lot, over which he has no control, 
and where the cats, dogs and also thy 
children of the entire neighborhood run 
at liberty, with the expectation of see- 
ing them grow to be fowls, fit for the 
table, he would not be considered a 
very wise man. This very same meth- 
od has been carried on for years and 
years, with fish hatching. What we 
need is more fish protection. 
We are pleased to report progress on 
the work of the New York Aquarium. 
The glass has all been reset this sum- 
mer, the tanks having been made shal- 
lower, and the artistic decorations of the 
interior of the entire building is nearly 
finished. In our next issue we may be 
able to have illustrations showing sec- 
tions of the Aquarium as it now appears. 
> # Some fifteen years ago, while living in Ohio, we 
advocated a bounty for fish enemies, but we were not 
supported. 
