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lookout be kept to avoid this nuisance. Feed the 

 little fellows very often, not with an excess in 

 quantity, but let "little and often " be your motto. 

 You cannot overfeed them ; and it will be quite as 

 well if you use them to the broad daylight instead 

 of covering them up, except at night, of course. 

 Small worms and maggots are a good food. 



Now, when they arrive at the time at which 

 they feed greedily, I would advise the introduction 

 they can be procured from aquarists of some 

 of the fresh-water shrimp (Pulcx gammarus), to be 

 found in some gravelly streams under the stones. 

 These little crustaceans (albeit they are not shrimps 

 at all, but belong to the flea family) are capital scav- 

 engers of the water. You cannot make a mistake 

 as to which they are, if you notice their very active 

 movements and shrimp-like character ; and they 

 are easily caught in a muslin net, which you can 

 easily make. Turn over the stones, and, as they 

 seek to get away, dexterously put your net 

 beneath, and so secure them. 



At three months old a salmon or trout fry is 

 over an inch long, and a very bright, voracious 

 little "cuss" he is! By this time you had better 

 look out for other quarters for him. If you have 



