CONTENTS. 



ham. Swans in Pond.- Result of destruction of 

 Fish Eggs 4281 



CHAPTER IV. 



On the Protection of the Eggs, and hatching them by 

 artificial means. Artificial Nests. Out-door Boxes. 

 Gravel for Boxes. Darkness necessary. In-door 

 Apparatus. Filter the Water. Dead Eggs. Tem- 

 perature should be low. Mr. Buist's Observations. 

 Time required for Development. Grayling Ova. 

 Development of young Fish. Water Babies. The 

 Hospital. Birth of Fish. Difficulties of young 

 Fish. Young Charr. Steeple-Chase Salmon. 

 Weight of young Fish. Lower jaw developed. 

 Eye of young Fish. "Hides" for Fish. Defor- 

 mities. " Siamese twin" Fish. Microscopic appear- 

 ances of young Fish. Blood-vessels. Pectoral Fins. 

 Mr. Hancock's Report. Muscle of Fin. Nutri- 

 ment, how conveyed. Anatomy of Umbilical Bag. 

 No Duct exists. Gill Fever. How to feed young 

 Fish. Midges for Fish. Young Fish rise at the Fly. 

 The Master of the Tank. Turning out Fish. 

 Shallows best for Fish. Salmon in a Ditch. Diffe- 

 rence of growth in Fish. Cause of the Phenomenon. 

 Difference in Food. Shells v. Insects. Transport 

 of Ova and Fish. Transport of Eggs. To unpack the 

 Eggs. To carry young Fish. Young Salmon from 

 Sweden. Fish Breeding in Sweden. Salmon to 

 Australia. The Establishment at Huningue. M. 

 Coste and Mr. Coumes. Mr. Ash worth's Labours. 

 Loughs Mask and Corrib. Its pecuniary advantages. 

 Transportation of Live Salmon. Its cost. Reap- 



