218 THE TROUT 



The removal is accomplished with the help of 

 syphon and fry-carrier as on the previous occasion 

 when in early babyhood the fish emerged from the 

 hatching-boxes. The whole operation of transplant- 

 ing the fry and turning them out into the yearling 

 ponds is one which requires care and judgment. 

 The fish, having received in the boxes a sound 

 education in the art of feeding, are not indeed likely 

 to hide or sulk in large numbers on the bottom and 

 there die of starvation, as they frequently do if turned 

 out into ponds at an earlier stage; but the little 

 fellows will certainly at first feel strange in their new 

 home and not much inclined to feed. 



Now is the critical period when especial care and 

 constant attention are required. The fish must on 

 no account be subjected to any sudden disturbance, 

 and for this reason it is well not to allow visitors to 

 inspect the ponds just at this juncture. With careful 

 management, however, the fry will not be long in 

 recalling the lesson learnt in* the rearing-boxes, and 

 you will enjoy the satisfaction of seeing them darting 

 up at the food with all their accustomed eagerness. 



The same diet and system of feeding is continued 

 as in the rearing-boxes, but a long-handled feeding- 

 spoon is necessary (fig. 17). This is a simple con- 

 trivance made of a strip of perforated zinc of the 



