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and we desire nothing better. Yet, we fully be- 

 lieve that, had we been possessed at the commence- 

 ment of our piscicultural career of the Collins 

 race, our fishes would have exceeded by ten-fold 

 their present numbers. We regard it as only sec- 

 ond in importance to the shad hatching-box of 

 Seth Green. 



