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Medicine presented him a silver medal, as a mark 

 of respect for his exertions. 



In 1860, he helped to organize the Acclimatiza- 

 tion Society, formed for the purpose of varying 

 and increasing the food supply of Great Britain 

 by introducing new animals and preserving the 

 native fish. He also became voluntary consulting 

 surgeon at the Zoological Gardens, doctoring the 

 sick, and increasing by his example the tenderness 

 shown to animals. 



His life had now become a most active one. He 

 wrote many valuable articles for the magazines, 

 since issued in books, the " Log Book of a Fisher- 

 man and Zoologist," and other volumes, and lec- 

 tured frequently, to large audiences, on his favorite 

 subjects. 



In 1863, after eight years of service in the Life 

 Guards, he resigned, and began to devote himself 

 more than ever to fish culture. In January and 

 February of each year he collected the eggs of 

 trout and other fish from the Rhine, Switzerland, 

 France, and elsewhere, distributing some through- 

 out the country and artificially hatching others. 

 Fish-hatching boxes were exhibited in the South 

 Kensington Museum, and at the Crystal Palace. 

 Trout ova in ice were sent to Australia, where, 

 after incubation had been suspended for a hundred 

 days, when placed in running water, the fish came 

 into the world strong and healthy. 



In 1864, Buckland made extended investigations 

 in oyster culture ; delivered lectures upon the sub- 



