122 How to obtain it. 



Canada, the magnificent river, Restigouche, flowing into the Bay 

 of Chaleur, was depopulated, until the catch of salmon by anglers 

 was only twenty fish in a season, and the whole commercial yield 

 of the river was only 37,000 Ib. weight. Hatching was com- 

 menced, and the yield in ten years was up to 500,000 Ib. 



The United States Fish Commission succeeded in intro- 

 ducing salmon (Salmo salar} into the Connecticut river, where 

 previously it had disappeared for three-quarters of a century. In 

 1878 several hundred salmon, from 10 Ib. to 15 Ib. in weight, 

 were caught running up this river, the result of fry planted there 

 in 1874. 



A considerable volume could easily be filled with accounts 

 of the successful results attending the stocking of waters, and in 

 our own country we have many cases in which the most satis- 

 factory results have accrued. As I write, by the side of a natural 

 trout stream, I can see the trout disporting themselves in numbers, 

 nearly every fish in the pool before me being the result of artificial 

 culture, whilst in an artificial stream close to, on which are many 

 deep and spacious pools, and where the fish are fed, large 

 quantities of magnificent fellows up to several pounds in weight 

 may at any time be seen. Over the hill in the next valley is an 

 artificial lake, which is well stocked with fine trout, nearly all of 

 which have been artificially bred, and beyond this other lakes, 

 reservoirs, and ponds, all well stocked with magnificent fish. If 

 we go further afield we have Loch Leven, the statistics of which, 

 extending over many years, are strikingly in favour of fish culture. 



In Wales, too, we have the well-known Lake Vyrnwy, the 

 fish supply in which is now kept up by a well-ordered system of 

 artificial cultivation. The successful introduction of grayling into 

 the Nith and many other rivers is another proof, if any more be 

 needed, to say nothing of many Highland lakes which are now 

 well stocked with trout, where, in some cases, no trout were 

 before. 



Of the success of trout culture there can be no dispute, and I 

 maintain that what can be done with trout may be done on a far 

 greater and more profitable scale with salmon. That is a point 

 about which I am quite convinced, and I would carry it further 

 and apply it to many other fishes than those belonging to the 



