FISH IN EIVERS AND STREAMS. 



CLOSE observation, year after year, has enabled me to as- 

 certain the peculiar characters and habits of fish, and to 

 become acquainted with the causes of their paucity in all 

 rivers and streams ; and the first and principal point to 

 which I shall draw the attention of my readers is, the pro- 

 tection necessary to be afforded to them for a given period, 

 which will, in return, well repay the fostering hand for this 

 small expenditure of time and care. 



One part of my system is to breed none but the superior 

 classes and qualities of fish, the finest costing no more 

 trouble to protect and feed than the inferior kinds. This 

 is a subject of so much importance to the country at large, 

 that I can only hope that the information and the hints I 

 have to offer will produce proselytes, so that every river, 

 stream and pond may be brought into a productive state of 

 supply of this wholesome, nutritious, and cheap article of 

 food. The main cause why all fresh -water streams become 

 sterile in the end, if not carefully tended, is simple enough : 



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