CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER I. 



Value of Observation. Land and Water compared. 



Game v. Fish. How to prepare Eggs. How to 



count Eggs. Number of Eggs in Fish. Spat of 



Oyster. Hard and soft Roe. Colour of Fish 

 Eggs. Toughness of Egg ..... 1 21 



CHAPTER II. 



How the Fish deposits her Spawn. Fish Nests. Salmon 

 Spawning. Trouts' Nests. Experiment with Eggs. 

 Salmon depositing its Eggs. Salmon covers her 

 Eggs. The " Old Soldier." Skeleton of Salmon. 

 Salmon found Dead. Stormontfields Fish . . 2241 



CHAPTER III. 



Enemies of Ova. Enemies of Fish Eggs. Mill Wheels. 

 Fish eat their own Eggs. Water Insects. Larvse of 

 May Fly. Human Poachers. Water-Ouzel. Ex- 

 amination of Gizzard. Other testimony. Mr. 

 Gould's opinion. Verdict for Water-Ouzel. Dab- 

 chicks. Rats. Water-Shrews. Swans most de- 

 structive. Evidence about Swans. Swans at Lale- 



