150 FISH HATCHING. 



by the fish. There is another way of feeding 

 the fish which is very neat and commodious. 

 Get from the fishmongers the fresh roe of 

 the sole, plaice, whiting, or other small sea- 

 fish, it must not be salted 3 and must not be 

 the least decayed. Mix it up with a stick in 

 clean water, and put a little of the water 

 among the fish. You will see that the un- 

 divided eggs comprising this roe separate 

 themselves, and are just the right size for 

 the fishes' mouths. They will, if hungry, 

 snap them up greedily. But do not put in too 

 great a quantity at a time. The fish too, be it 

 remarked, feed best at early morning. 



Again, you may try if they will eat minute 

 water insects, red worms, &c. ; they certainly 

 like minute flies, for "Peter of the .Pools" 

 writes as follows : 



