AMATEUR FISH CULTURE 



would probably be easy to find one variety, if 

 not two or three, which would thrive in England. 

 It is a particularly fine trout, and the ordinary 

 maximum weight is five or six pounds, though 

 some of the varieties grow much larger. 



Char, proper, are not at all satisfactory fish to 

 rear. They are very delicate, and require much 

 more care and attention than do any of the fish 

 I have already described. From the very first 

 period of their coming under the care of the 

 amateur fish culturist, that is to say, from the 

 ova, just before hatching out, till they are year- 

 lings, the mortality among them will be much 

 greater than in the case of any of the trout. 



The two kinds of char, most commonly to be 

 obtained by the amateur, are the Alpine and the 

 Windermere char. The ova of these fish will be 

 received shortly before they are ready to hatch 

 out, as was the case with the trout ova. The 

 amateur's difficulties will, however, begin almost 

 at once, for in the act of hatching out considerable 

 mortality among the char often occurs. Trout 

 almost invariably emerge from the egg tail first. 

 As soon as the tail is free the little fish begins 

 to move it rapidly, using it as a propeller with 

 which to swim about and thus soon works com- 



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