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angling clubs of London and the provinces, and I am sure 

 that the statistics he will give you respecting their number, 

 nature, and organisation will astonish and interest you, and 

 fully bear out the statement that of the two classes of 

 anglers, those who fish for salmon and trout and those who 

 fish for other fresh-water fish, the latter are by far the most 

 numerous. 



The first reason, then, why we should cultivate coarse 

 fish is because they afford sport and healthful recreation to 

 many thousands of our fellow men the majority of them 

 being working men who have neither means nor opportunity 

 for trout or salmon fishing. 



The second reason is one which I think will be new to 

 many of you, and it has the advantage of recommending 

 itself strongly, I think, to all who are interested in the cul- 

 ture of Salmonidae. This highest branch of pisciculture has 

 been brought to such perfection that, as we were informed 

 in the admirable paper on the subject read by Sir James 

 Maitland last week, fully ninety-five per cent, of eggs can 

 be successfully hatched and reared by artificial means. 

 But to rear Salmonidae successfully in captivity * you must 

 feed them, and the question of food is an all important one, 

 inasmuch as on it depends in great measure the quality of 

 the fish and the price at which they can be profitably sold. 

 The trout, I need scarcely tell you, is a fish of prey, provided 

 by nature with a capacious mouth armed with rows of sharp 

 teeth, and it is a fact well known to trout anglers that large 

 trout feed almost exclusively on smaller trout and other fish. 



I am indebted to Dr. Zenk, president of the Unter- 

 frankischen Kreisfischerei-vereins, for the suggestion that 



* By "in captivity " I mean those cases where a large number of 

 trout are kept in a small body of water, in which they would starve 

 unless food is provided for them. 



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