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of artificial breeding, it might not be difficult to 

 extend its range. But a judicious choice of the lake 

 to be stocked should be made, and I imagine that 

 those lakes which support its coarser and less de- 

 sirable congener, the Gwyniad, might well be tried 

 with the Vendace. Unfortunately, it grows every year 

 scarcer in Loch-Maben, and it is only with difficulty 

 that sufficient can now be captured for the club-feasts 

 which are periodically held in its honour; while 

 casual visitors find it difficult to obtain a dish of 

 them. 



The Gwyniad is said to be insipid and of poor 

 flavour, if not eaten immediately after it is caught, 

 and it already exists in several lakes ; so that it is a 

 question whether it would, without some stronger 

 evidence of its desirability, be worth while expending 

 any further trouble on it. It runs to a fair size, how- 

 ever, nearly approaching the Powan in that respect. 

 There is an excellent fish of this class, called the 

 Fera, found in Lake Geneva. This delicious fish has 

 engaged the attention of French pisciculturists, who 

 have been largely occupied in stocking many of the 

 most convenient and contiguous waters of France with 

 it. The French Government are very liberal in trans- 

 mitting fecundated eggs of the Fera upon application ; 

 and there can be little doubt but, in a few years, we 



