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54 Trout Culture. 



The tin has holes in the bottom, and must be 

 put into a vessel rather deeper than itself, and 

 water must be added ; when, on removing the 

 lid and top layer of moss, the water will work up 

 through the holes in the bottom and cover the 

 eggs. If these be loose, as much as possible of 

 the moss and all the heavy parts of it having 

 been removed, the whole arrangement is to be 

 carried under a tap and a gentle stream of 

 water directed to one side of the vessel ; this will 

 drive over the moss, with the assistance perhaps 

 of a feather, and the eggs will settle in a state of 

 purity ; they may then be quickly transferred to 

 a trough, or be w r ashed further in any other 

 vessel, as may be convenient. 



When muslin is used, the moss is cleared 

 away till the muslin appears, and all moss 

 adhering to it is removed ; then the edges are 

 folded together, and the whole lifted out and 

 shaken, and gently separated in a vessel of pure 

 water ; the eggs sink, and any floating moss 



