CHAPTEE IV 



TROUT. PRELIMINARY HINTS AND 

 ADVICE 



THE amateur who is beginning trout culture 

 had better by all means buy eyed ova from 

 a fish cultural establishment. There are many 

 of these in the British Isles, and nowadays 

 eyed ova are packed and sent safely all over the 

 country. The artificial spawning of trout is not 

 an undertaking in which the beginner is likely 

 to achieve great success, and therefore I should 

 advise him to avoid relying upon it when he 

 commences his operations as a fish culturist. 



Collecting the ova of wild trout is also an 

 operation of some difficulty, and lays the be- 

 ginner open to much more disappointment than 

 if he deals with eyed ova purchased from a re- 

 liable establishment. Instead of having to watch 

 and care for the ova through a critical and dan- 

 gerous period, he receives them shortly before 



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