HISTORY OF FISH CULTURE. 17 



amateurs and savans, and numbers of facts as- 

 certained which upon the revival of the science 

 proved of the greatest value and importance. In 

 1820, Messrs. Hivert and Pilachon, after much 

 trouble, succeeded in hatching a sufficient num- 

 ber of trout to stock a small stream in the south 

 of France. The eggs used in the microscopical 

 examination of the development of the embryo, by 

 Messrs. Vogt and Agassiz, were also obtained in 

 this manner. But claim to the re-establishment 

 of pisciculture as a science must be awarded to 

 Joseph Eemy of France. Kemy was a fisherman 

 who gained his livelihood by the capture of trout 

 in the streams of the Yosges Mountains, dividing 

 Alsatia and Lorraine, those two countries which, 

 from time to time, alternately appear on and dis- 

 appear from the maps of France and Germany. 

 He had noticed with regret the rapid disappear-" 

 ance of his favorite fishes, and being, though un- 

 educated and ignorant, active, energetic, and per- 

 severing, devoted himself for several years to the 

 study of their habits, especially during the spawn- 

 ing season. The excessive drought during the 

 summer and autumn of 1842 favored his inves- 

 tigations. It was, of course, impossible for one 

 man to keep a constant eye upon a school of 

 fishes ; nature would demand rest ; Remy there- 

 fore associated with him a tavern-keeper (auber- 



