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so successful, many strangers from a distance were 

 attracted to the spot. In January of this year 

 the ponds were visited by M. De Ryan de Acuna, 

 from Spain, and the Earl De Reus, a very wealthy 

 Spanish nobleman of great influence in that 

 country, in order to gain information prior to 

 adopting the artificial method of rearing salmon 

 to stock some of the rivers of that country with 

 that fish. Although the projectors entertained 

 doubts of many of the rivers of Spain being 

 in a cold enough latitude for salmon, still they 

 felt confident that those rivers that empty them- 

 selves into the Bay of Biscay would be found in 

 every respect favourable for the purpose. We 

 understood at the time that Mr Ramsbottom was 

 engaged to commence the experiment, but we 

 cannot say if success attended the proposal. Sir 

 William Jardine, the well-known naturalist, M. 

 Coste of France, and Professor Queckett of London, 

 took much interest in the experiment at this time, 

 and visited the ponds frequently. We have to ac- 

 knowledge our thanks to Sir William for enabling 

 us to distinguish the parr of the salmo salar, 

 salmo trutta, salmo eriox, from the parr of the 

 salmo fario, or common trout. Amongst a lot of 

 thirty-one parrs, Sir William picked out the 



