iv Introduction. 



the Rev. L. Stone for the account of the Russian 

 or Dry method of Spawning, and for the Spawn 

 and Hatching Tables, &c. ; also to Mr. Richard 

 Edon, of the Museum of Fish Culture, South 

 Kensington, London, for many valuable hints 

 bearing on the subject. 



All the* methods of procedure recommended, 

 have been personally tried, and nothing has been 

 taken from the works of others, so far as the 

 author is aware, without due acknowledgment. 



CRAY FISHERY, 



FOOTS CRAY, KENT. 



