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Oyster culture ... . . . . .225 



An hermaphrodite ..... 225 



Fecundity of . . . . . . 225 



Manner of incubating ..... 225 



Growth of . . . . . .226 



Chief object in culture of .... 227 



Culture at Fusaro ..... 227, 229 



at Isle of Ree ..... 228 



at Bay of St. Bruio . . . .228 



English and French .... 229 



Decrease of in Eastern States . . . . 230 



Value of in Virginia 230 



Percidae ....... 203 



Pike . . . ... . . . 218 



Ponds Their shape . . . . . .41 



Series of . ... . . . 33, 34 



Method of shading ...... 31 



Depth and size of . . . . . . 37 



Transfer of trout from one to another . . .35 



Of Jeremiah Comfort ..... 37 



Of Peter Christie ... . . . .272 



Of Dr. J. H. Slack 287 



Of Rev. L. Stone . . . . .264 



Seth Green's ...... 96 



Stephen H. Ainsworth's . . . . .91 



Protection of from muskrats .... 32 



Stocking of . . . . . .39 



Profits of trout-breeding . . . . 79 



Replenishing Western waters ..... 179 

 Rockfish . . . . . . 203 



Salmon Culture of ...... 102 



Instinct ....... 102, 103 



Of different rivers . . . . . .104 



Former abundance of ..... 105 



Inward migration of . . . . . . 105 



Marking . . . . . . 106 



Long time of incubation in American waters . .108 



Growth of fry of .. . . . . 110 



Of the Danube ...... 113 



Naturalization of in rivers of Middle States . . 115" 



Fishways for ...... 120 



Early fecundity of males . . . . Ill 



Statistics ...... 137, 138, 139 



Hatching of the ova on the Miramichi . . . 195 



