AMATEUR FISH CULTURE 



ducing a landing-net under the netting over the 

 pond, I was able to catch the intruder, and 

 caught four more in the same way in about three 

 weeks. Since that time I have not agreed with 

 the people who have stated that the kingfisher 

 is almost extinct, at least in that part of the 

 country. I may say that there are but few 

 streams there, and that it is not at all an appa- 

 rently likely place for kingfishers. I am quite 

 sure that wherever any one begins to rear fish 

 there he will find that kingfishers are fairly 

 common. The amateur will probably be also 

 surprised at the way herons appear, if he con- 

 ducts his fish-rearing operations, as he should do, 

 in a secluded spot. 



Many of the directions I gave as to the 

 management of the fry and the rearing boxes, 

 apply also to the fry after they have been turned 

 out into the ponds. The doses of earth should 

 still be given regularly, and salt may be applied 

 also in the way I have already described. The 

 little fish will be found to scatter over the pond 

 or to divide again into two bodies, one at the 

 upper and one at the lower end of the pond, as 

 they did in the boxes. The fish culturist should 

 try to induce these fish to come to the head of 



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