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feathers stripped to within an inch of the end, 

 and used for moving eggs under water, are also 

 of service. A pair of spring forceps or nippers 

 will also be required for picking out dead eggs, 

 &c. They should be about six or seven inches 

 long, and have rounded points : they may be 

 obtained at the surgical instrument makers' 

 shops. 



The above is all that will be required for 

 those who buy eggs and hatch them out Those 

 who spawn their own fishes will require small 

 flue or trammel nets of a suitable size to stretch 

 across the little spawning streams up which the 

 trout run to spawn. They will also need one or 

 two landing nets fixed on to iron frames, fitted 

 with light poles for handles. The writer uses 

 frames two feet wide by one foot in depth, the 

 bottom of the frame, or the side opposite the 

 handle, being square, so as to scoop well under 

 a fish ; and by this means a pair of fish may be 

 frequently caught, as they are too intent on 



