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serve these fish in accordance with the law of their 

 being. 



This volume includes directions for utilizing the 

 streams and ponds that are to be found on farm 

 lands. It describes the methods of artificial propa- 

 gation, the care of eggs and fry, the process of hatch- 

 ing, and the modes of transportation to new waters. 

 The maternal instincts of fish are delineated, and 

 mention is made of the diseases offish, their preven- 

 tion and cure. The abnormal forms of some fish are 

 noted in the strange " freaks " that are produced in 

 the waters, and which mark the wonderful workings 

 of nature, in disregard of its own fixed laws. Mr. 

 Green points out a curious process of reasoning, as 

 evinced in the action of fish, and shows that they 

 are quite as alive to motives and results, as other 

 classes of the " lower animals." The value of cer- 

 tain so called " common fish," is pointed out, and 

 the methods of taking them, as well as the lordly 

 bass, are described. The laws, relating to the pro- 

 tection of fish, are treated, and illegal and wanton 

 methods of capture are condemned. The boys on 

 the farm, and the men too, are brought within the 

 range of discussion, and are taught how and when to 

 angle, and cautioned against ill-advised destruction. 

 Altogether the book will meet a want among anglers. 

 It appeals as well to experienced old hands, as to 

 neophytes in "the gentle craft." Izaak Walton 

 writes : " This pleasant curiosity of fish and fishing, 

 has been thought worthy the pens and practices 

 of divers in other nations that have been reputed 

 men of great learning and wisdom ;" and of Sir 

 Henry Wotton, he says: " Angling was after tedious 



