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grew rapidly. In two years time they returned as 

 chicken shad; perfect males and females, and market- 

 able. They go down the river in September. They 

 do not migrate, as many would suppose, but the fish 

 from each river keep distinct. The fisherman tell, 

 by the intensity of color, what waters they are from. 

 They appear in Savannah, Georgia, in February; in 

 Washington, D. C., in March; in Massachusetts, in 

 June. 



"The eggs of fishes differ in size. In the trout and 

 salmon there are about 1,000 eggs to the pound; in 

 shad, 30,000; in some larger fish, as many as 70,000. 

 Some fishes cannot be bred artificially it then be- 

 comes necessary to transfer live breeders. These 

 generally lay their eggs, not in mass but singly. 

 The fish themselves must be delicately handled, as a 

 damage to their skins usually results in death. Black 

 bass will grow to a weight of thirty-five to thirty-six 

 pounds. They were transported from Saratoga Lake 

 in 1850. They must be kept in water of a certain 

 temperature, the water being frequently changed. 

 Trout can be transported to a great distance. Fish 

 are transported from water to water by fish-ways. 

 The greatest enemy of the trout is the pickerel." 



