* ^ 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction, . r PAGE. 



Artiiicial Propagation of certain kinds of Fish, 17 



Treatment of the Eggs after fecundation, 22 



Transportation of the Eggs, 28 



Transportation of Fish, 33 



Report on Artificial Fish Culture, by M. Milne Edwards, 35 



Report on Artificial Fish Culture, by M. Costa, .......' 55 



Comment, 67 



Growth of Fish, '.<: 70 



The Construction of Ponds, .*.....'. 74 



Urook, or |peckled Trout, 80 



Grystes Nigricans ; or Blaolt Bass, 105 



1 Grystes Megastoma ; or, Large-Mouth Black Bass, 108 



Labrax Mtiltilineatus White'Bass, sometimes called Whfe Perch . Ill 



Centrarchus Hexacanthus Grass Bass Roach, . 113 



Centrarchus JSneus Rock Bass, -. ..116 



Common Pickerel Jilsox Reticulatus, ?..... t . . ... 118 



J * 

 Perca Flavescens Yellow Perch, ' 121 



Pomotis Vulgaris Sun Fish, 7. ^ .mf. . 123 



Anguilla Auctonfm Eel, .^. i-T^. . 125 



Conclusion, . . I . r . . . 129 



Appendix ? 135 



* 



:. , f , 



;..,*: ; . *% *"; 



*** % -A*f * ' i" 



>; * . * ! 



"** :. 



