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are waters possessing such characteristics that 

 we know that certain fish will not live in them ; but 

 when the waters are such that it is a matter of 

 doubt, the correct way is to experiment. 



A new beginner cannot expect to learn it all the 

 first year, or the second. The more he studies and 

 experiments, the more he will find there is to learn ; 

 in fact, fish culture does not differ from any other 

 business in this respect. I have been working at 

 practical fish culture for about twenty-four years, and 

 had it on my mind since the year 1837, and I find 

 there is still a great deal to be learned and discov- 

 ered about hsh and how to raise them. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



WRONG IMPRESSIONS IN FISH CULTURE. 



THERE are a great many wrong impressions con- 

 cerning the cultivation offish; and, with this idea in 

 view, I will try and explain to my readers some of 

 the false opinions which I find have been formed in 

 the minds of people with whom I have come in con- 

 tact. 



One of the most prevalent errors is, that if a per- 

 son controls a body of water, a lake, stream or 

 pond, as the case may be, that he can, through the 

 medium of fish culture, raise, or keep in confine- 

 ment any kind of fish his fancy dictates. Now if 

 the tillers of the soil will think how unreasonable it 



