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these has been entirely planned as to details 

 and erected in his greenhouse solely at the 

 private expense of Stephen Ponder, Esq., 

 of Hampton, without whose persevering and 

 painstaking energy pisciculture in the Thames 

 would probably have come to nothing, and 

 to whom therefore too much public praise 

 cannot be accorded. The other apparatus 

 consists of boxes placed out of doors, in a 

 meadow near the Thames, the water being 

 supplied from the " Christian spring." The 

 " Thames Angling Preservation Society " (who 

 are doing their best to preserve our noble 

 river from London-bridge to Staines'-bridge, 

 to afford sport and recreation to the angler, 

 and also to provide a delicacy for the 

 table,) are endeavouring to stock their 

 waters for the sake of their subscribers 



