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feet to six feet, and weighs 301b. to 401b. It is 

 found in deep lakes, is difficult to catch, but very 

 good to eat. 



The sterlet is a Russian fish, and is found in the 

 rivers of the Baltic and in Prussia. It is the most 

 esteemed fish as food in all Russia. It is about 

 eighteen inches in length, and weighs 21b. or 31b. 



The alose fish is found in France and all over 

 Europe : it is from one to two feet in length, and 

 weighs lib. to 21b. In some rivers it is good to 

 eat, and in others it is not good food. In the river 

 Loire it is very good, but when caught in the 

 Rhine it is not eatable. 



THOMAS ASHWORTH. 



August 25, 1862. 



REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS AT STORMONTFIELD.] 

 Page 201. 



" Peter of the Pool " thus writes to the Editor 

 of " The Field": 



" We began the operation of spawning on the 

 llth of November last, and finished on the 2nd of 

 December. On the llth only a few males were 

 found ripe, but all the fish hauled that day were 

 found in a state far towards spawning. We then 

 tried it on the 13th, when we got 10,000 ova, and 

 every alternate day thereafter more or less, till our 

 boxes were completely filled, on the 2nd December. 

 During that time we netted 119 salmon and 231 

 grilse, out of which eighteen salmon and twenty- two 

 grilse were found to be quite mature, and they were 



