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where were propagated, not only salmon, but carp, 

 tench, and those various other fresh- water fish, of 

 which, in their cuhnary preparations, the French 

 people are so fond ; (in which, by the way, and in the 

 whole economy of food, they so much excel us). 

 The Commissioner in charge of this establishment 

 mentioned to Mr. Ashworth, as he states in his let- 

 ter, that they had just introduced from the Danube 

 some new species, and that, as far as they had yet 

 gone, the most remarkable success had attended their 

 operations, which, however, are only as yet in their 

 infancy. At Huningen also, there is another ex- 

 tensive establishment for the production of fish, in 

 which trout, and other fresh- water fishes, are propa- 

 gated in myriads, and the neighbouring rivers and 

 streams are supplied with stocks, from this useful 

 reservoir. Thus, while our great national resources 

 and local advantages at homo, are neglected, the 

 French people are setting us a good example, and 

 bid fair to rival us, not in the arts of war, but in the 

 arts of peace. 



The propagation of fish by artificial means, seems 

 indeed, to be a legitimate object of art, and to be now 

 necessary in order to counteract obvious and increasing 

 sources of waste, and we cannot doubt that many 

 species of fish may be multiplied almost indefinitely 

 by these methods ; it cannot reasonably be regarded 

 as a preordinate arrangement that any of those ani- 

 mals inhabiting the ocean or the rivers, which pro- 

 duce their young by thousands and tens of thou- 



