CONTENTS. 



Page 



Introduction, 17 



Commencement of the Stormontfield Experiment, . . . . 23 



Hatching-Boxes and Pond, 29 



First Artificial Spawning of the Salmon Spawning of 1858, . . 36 



Deposition of Ova, 38 



Hatching of the Ova, 1854 Spawning of 1853, 40 



First Migration of the Smoults, 1855 Hatching of 1854, . . 47 



Hatching of 1855 Spawning of 1854, 48 



Return as Grilse Hatching of 1854, 49 



Third Spawning, 1855, 54 



First Salmon of the Spawning of 1853 Hatching of 1854, . . 54 

 1856 Second Migration of Fry Spawned in 1853 Hatching of 1854, 55 



Exodus, 1857 Spawning of 1855 Hatching of 1856, .. .. 63 



Fourth Spawning, 1857, 69 



Hatching of 1858, 71 



Exodus of 1859 Hatching of 1858, 75 



Spawning of 1859, 77 



Hatching of 1860, 78 



Exodus of 1861, 80 



Natural History of the Salmon as learned from the Stormont- 

 field Experiment, 87 



On the Advantages of the Artificial Propagation and Bearing 

 of the Fry of Salmon until they reach the Migratory 



Period, 97 



The Smoult or Young Salmon after Migration, 105 



Return of Spawned Fish or Kelts as Clean Salmon, . . . . 106 



