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would be more in unison with t\\v surroundings of the locah- 

 ty selected, and with the lieavy stone ])rido;e near by, tliey 

 therefore caused to be erected the beautiful stone buildiiiij; 

 which adds so much to the beauty and attractions of the 

 locality about Clarrett's Bridge, althougli it uecossitated a 

 considerable additional expenditure whicli tliey generous!}^ 

 provided for out of their fund for Park improvements. In 

 accordance with, the understanding with the Park (*ommii-- 

 sioners that we should have the use of the })onds and liatch- 

 ing house free of charge, we have placed the imported Car}) in 

 the ponds, and have hatched over six hundred thousand Cali- 

 fornia Salmon in the hatching house, and have now, January 

 1st, 187G, Ibrty-five thousand Salmon -Trout eggs in the 

 hatching jars. The details of the construction of the ponds 

 and surroundings, have been admirably designed and carried 

 out by Mr. August Paul, the Park Phigineer, and tlie ponds 

 are models of completeness. 



The great success of the hatching house, its (.'aiiacity for 

 hatching large numbers of eggs, the completeness of its ar- 

 rangement, the ease and comfort VN-itli wliicli the routine 

 duties can be performed by the attendants, merits ior it some 

 description of. tlie interioi-. 



The building is of blue stone witli white granite trim-" 

 mings ; the centre ISA x o3 ft., is two stories high, and on 

 either side are octagonal wings 14^ x 20 ft., whose sides are 

 almost entirely of glass. The greatest amount of light and 

 air is admitted through these, and two large Avindows in the 

 gable end of tlie main buildings, the inner door of tlie vesti- 

 bules is also of glass. The wnndows are all i'ui-nislu'd with 

 dark green water-proof curtains, to exclude the sun and light 

 when desirable. Tiie water is suj^plied from a strong spring- 

 on tlie side of the liill near by, and is piped into the tiltering 

 tank which is just below the ceiling of the hatching room, 

 which occupies the first floor of the buihling. The supply 

 pipe is so arranged Avith valves that the v,'ater can be con- 

 ducted into the ponds below the house without entering the 

 filtering tank should it be desirable. The water after pass- 

 ing through a series of flannel filters is discharged from the 

 filtering tank into the reservoir tank "(I."" of the capacity of 

 about twelve hundred srallons. Prom this tank the water is 



