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purpose, in the purest small streams of the 

 rivers at Tourmakeady, Robe River, at Holly- 

 mount, and other rivers connected with 

 Loughs Mask and Carra, were safely hatched 

 out, and are now migrating to the sea (in 

 April, 1863,) in thousands. If the pro- 

 prietors of similar waste and unproductive 

 rivers would adopt this process, there can be 

 no doubt they would vastly increase the 

 productiveness of their salmon rivers and 

 fisheries. What is wanted, is to stock the 

 breeding grounds well ; and to do this 

 effectively, it is indispensable to protect the 

 parent fish during the breeding season. 



We cannot be surprised that this im- 

 portant branch of science should have been 

 taken up with avidity, and prosecuted with 

 energy, by so many nations and peoples, 



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