64 , FISHBS AND FISHING, 



enemies by being in ponds for the first year of their 

 existence, were more capable afterwards* of taking 

 care of themselves, and that he and his brother had at 

 that time 20,000 young salmon, from two to three 

 inches long, alive and thriving, artificially produced 

 in ponds, which were daily and suitably fed with 

 chopped meat. Mr. H. Ramsbottom, fishing-tackle 

 maker, of Clitheroe, said, he had been very successful 

 when engaged for himself, and his brother, who are 

 proprietors of the Galway Salmon Fishery. Some of 

 these little salmon were in the Dublin Exhibition for 

 several weeks, and shewed their natural instinct to 

 run up a stream by ascending a miniature weir with a 

 proportionate salmon ladder in it, as before mentioned. 

 The expense of breeding salmon he estimated at 

 about one farthing each fish. 



In the "Morning Post," 15th of August, 1854, it is 

 stated that on a visit to the Storemont Fields pond, 

 near Outerard, the young fish growing rapidly, con- 

 sumed a liver a day for food. Breeding boxes were 

 being dried and cleansed, to destroy the eggs of any 

 insects. Breeding season to commence in November 

 and December. 



To Mr. Boccius I am indebted for the following : 

 — ♦' The Chinese were the first people who introduced 

 artificial breeding of fish, by capturing brood fish just 

 emerged from the egg, protecting them, and feeding 



