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very likely hatch in a far shorter time than 

 early ones, as the water at the end of February, 

 and in March and April, will be warming up, 

 and consequently the development of the em- 

 bryo will be more rapid. 



No one, however, should be anxious to 

 see the eggs hatch out quickly ; the more 

 slowly they hatch the better, healthier, and 

 stronger will the fish be. If the eggs have 

 " eyed " out strongly, and the form of the fish 

 be dark and lusty in the egg, let no one have 

 any anxiety about earliness of breaking the 

 shell. 



Some day or other a little dark-looking thing 

 will be seen in one or other of the troughs, and 

 an attempt be made to remove it with the 

 nippers, when the little object will wriggle away 

 and seek protection amongst the eggs. These 

 at this period appear much swollen, and of 

 a tint and with a bloom like a ripe peach. 

 On examining the little stranger in the glass 



