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their own affairs to notice anything else. The 

 irons or frames are punched with holes at in- 

 tervals of about an inch, by which the net is 

 attached to them with iron or copper wire. 



Two or three tin or galvanized iron foot-pans, 

 to hold the fish when caught, and two or three 

 Yorkshire pudding dishes, to act as spawning 

 tins or pans, will also be required ; together 

 with a light can to hold the washed eggs, and a 

 mug to wash them with. 



Whilst mentioning the spawning apparatus, 

 it will not be out of place to refer to the boxes 

 in which fry may be kept, and which are very 

 convenient at spawning time, when the fry (or 

 yearlings rather) have been turned out into 

 the open streams ; they are handy recipients 

 for unripe fish, and those which are ripe, but 

 which it is not convenient to spawn at the 

 moment. Their size may be made to suit the 

 little streams, and the length may vary from 

 twelve to twenty feet, as the fancy and re- 



