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pounded small and sprinkled over the pond, is eagerly 

 catched at. But the most greedily sought-after food 

 that I tried was salmon roe preserved from the 

 former year ; and, being cured into a hard body it 

 was easily pounded into the size of oatmeal; that 

 they caught at in preference to everything else 

 that was given them. Salmon roe can be got in 

 abundance at any curing establishment during the 

 months of July and August, and may be preserved 

 for that purpose. In their after stages it will be 

 found very convenient, as well as suitable, to hang 

 carrion or any sort of birds on poles over the breed- 

 ing ponds until they get fly-blown and full of mag- 

 gots; these maggots fall into the ponds and are 

 keenly devoured. During summer this is the most 

 convenient way of feeding, for the carrion attracts 

 numerous bands of flies of all sorts to the ponds, part 

 of which fall among the water, which are speedily 

 seized on. 



At the age of two months we have the young fish 

 fairly formed, head and fins complete and the trans- 

 verse bars on the sides perfectly visible. The fry at 

 this age is upwards of an inch long, some of them an 

 inch and a half; they now feed well and are very 

 active, seeming well pleased from the want of the 

 encumbersome bag they were troubled with ; they are 

 now fairly started, and no sickness nor death appear 

 in the colony; all seem ready for breakfast at the 

 earliest hour. At the age of four months they are 



artificial breeding the incubation is the most simple part of the 

 process, and that the whole difficulty, risk, and, I may add, ex- 

 pense, occurs after incubation is completed; however, by strict 

 care and attention, I hope that those whose good intentions have 

 led them into the artificial process will not find it altogether a 

 failure, although it is certain that it will land far under the anti- 

 cipated mark. 



