190 FISH HATCHING. 



prietors of rivers in France who will under- 

 take to hatch and protect them, and make a 

 return of the quantity so produced. I should 

 here record my vote of thanks, and I am 

 sure other recipients will second it, for the 

 large number of sixty-five thousand eggs 

 which have been distributed, since September 

 last, to myself and to owners of various 

 private fish-hatching boxes here in England. 

 I give in the Appendix, by Mr. Ashworth's 

 kindness, Mr. Coumes' report, which will be 

 read with interest, and show upon what an 

 enormous scale the French Government are 

 carrying out the science of fish-hatching. 



I must now mention what has been done 

 in England by my excellent friend, Thomas 

 Ashworth, of Cheadle, Cheshire, who in con- 

 junction with his brother, are the owners 



