FISH BREEDING IN SWEDEN. 183 



or Tuesday morning. The captain has orders 

 to put a small lump of ice into the jar by 

 mid- day, and to change the water every 

 morning. 



The success of my breeding operations this 

 season has been very extraordinary ; two 

 days ago I took out 300 ova with a ladle, 

 among which I could only pick out two 

 addled, showing a return of 99f per cent. 

 I w r ill add that the salmon in my river are 

 acknowledged to be the best in Sweden for 

 strength, colour, and flavour. 



GOTHENBURGER. 



Gothenburg, April 10. 



[The readers of " The Field " will, I am 

 sure, join me in thanking " Gothenburger " 

 for his kindness in sending us living speci- 

 mens of his Swedish salmon. They arrived 



