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inches below the surface and the little fish 

 allowed to swim out into the box. 



As soon as the yolk-sacs of the alevins are ab- 

 sorbed the little fish cease to be alevins, and are 

 called "fry." 



The alevin stage was that in which the fish 

 give least trouble, the stage I am now describing 

 is that in which they give most. They must be 

 fed frequently at least four times a day. 

 "Little and of ten "is the maxim which should 

 rule the actions of the fish culturist with regard 

 to feeding the fry. If he can only feed his fish 

 four times a day, he must spend some time on 

 each of these four occasions. The food must not 

 be thrown in all at once. If this be done the 

 little fish will not get half of it ; the other half 

 will sink to the bottom. 



The food should be introduced in small quanti- 

 ties at a time, and if the amateur has several 

 boxes he should put a little food into each in suc- 

 cession, coming back to the first when he has put 

 some into the last, repeating this operation at 

 least half a dozen times. The less he puts in at 

 each time, and the oftener he does it, the better. 

 The ideal plan would be to put a very small 

 quantity of food in each time, and to go on doing 



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