18 PRACTICAL TROUT CULTURE. 



giste) named Gehin, who alternated with him in 

 his observations. So earnestly were these pur- 

 sued, that in one instance, during the full of the 

 moon, a school of trout were kept constantly in 

 view during four consecutive days and nights. 

 The result was the rediscovery of the process of 

 Jacobi, which they at once put into successful 

 practice ; for four years it was kept secret, as 

 even if desirous of so doing, neither of the op- 

 erators were able to prepare an account of their 

 work for the public use ; but in 1848 Dr. Haxo, 

 of Epinal, visited their establishment, and at 

 once recognized the value of their labors. Re- 

 ports were immediately prepared by him and 

 forwarded to the Government and French Acad- 

 emy ; by both were they received with favor. A 

 commission of savans, headed by Mr. Coste, Pro- 

 fessor of Embryology in the College of France, 

 visited the fish farm of the Yosges, and reported 

 upon it favorably. Remy became at once a 

 celebrity; he was invited to Paris, and the fish- 

 erman, but a few months previous utterly un- 

 known, was an honored guest at the table of the 

 President of the then Republic. Work after 

 work was written ; report upon report issued. A 

 violent war of words arose between Dr. Haxo 

 and Prof. Coste in regard to the question of 

 Remy versus Jacobi, the whole resulting finally 



