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Club of New York, held recently, the following proceedings 

 took place, as we learn from the Times of that city : 



" The secretary, Henry Meigs, Esq., read a letter from John 

 G. Adams, M. D., now in Paris, on the subject of Pisciculture 

 (breeding fish), which was the subject for discussion by the 

 club for the day. Mr. Adams explains at length the mode 

 of breeding fish, now in successful operation in the College 

 of France. The eggs selected for the purpose of breeding 

 are, he says, those of the Trout and Salmon. They are 

 brought in boxes. The boxes may be tight, and, if kept at 

 a moderate temperature, may be transported an immense dis- 

 tance. At the college the eggs are placed in oblong earthen 

 troughs, in single layers, upon trays of willow- work, so that 

 the water may circulate freely around them ; for the arrange- 

 ment of running water, these troughs are arranged in pyra- 

 mids, and a small stream of water is continually flowing into 

 them. The eggs, after forty days, are hatched, and the young 

 fish are seen running about in one part of the trough, while 

 in another part of it the eggs are in a different stage of incu- 

 bation. The pouring of the water seems to have no delete- 

 rious effect on the process. 



" The operation, it is believed, will be highly successful. 



" Mr. R. L. Pell, of Pelham, discussed the subject of Pisci- 

 culture to a great extent. Among other matters, he informed 

 the club that he had taken the spawn from the female Shad 

 and impregnated it with the male Shad, and that the eggs 

 produced Shad in great numbers. He has numerous fish- 

 ponds, in which there are forty-five varieties of foreign and 

 native fish, thousands of which came at the ringing of a hell to 

 he fed out of his hand. Sturgeons nine feet long may be seen 

 in his ponds. 



" Mr. Pell has made arrangements to import the ova of the 

 Tench, Barbel, and Carp from Europe, for his ponds, and like- 

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