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effectually prevent this destruction." Further, the number- 

 less enemies of the egg are shut out, for by placing a piece 

 of wire netting over the top, the ravages of swans, ducks, 

 and wild fowl those great destroyers of spawn are pro- 

 vided against. When I described Lund's box to the 

 meeting at the Society of Arts Room last year, to which 

 I just now referred, its manifest advantages for coarse fish 

 culture were fully appreciated, and a society was formed, 

 of which I am glad to see we have here present to-day the 

 President, Mr. Philip Geen, and the Hon. Secretary, Mr. 

 T. Hoole. This society was formed with the object of 

 renting waters and stocking them with fish, and it decided 

 this spring to experiment with Lund's box. Six boxes 

 were made and used, and I think I may say that in spite 

 of some errors inseparable from a first experiment of this 

 kind, they proved fairly successful. Spawn in large 

 quantities was deposited in some of the boxes, and large 

 quantities of fry were afterwards observed in and around 

 them. The only difficulty experienced was in obtaining 

 the parent fish, but as I trust the gentlemen who had 

 charge of these boxes will give us some account of their 

 experiences, I will not refer to them further than to 

 mention that in a box the Society kindly lent me, and 

 which I hope to make better use of next year, I placed one 

 female perch, of about three quarters of a pound, and two 

 very small perch. After about ten days I found a band of 

 perch spawn containing many thousand eggs in the box, 

 but as they remained unfertilised for want of male fish, of 

 course they perished. I tried everywhere to obtain perch 

 just before they spawned, but was unsuccessful. But from 

 what I have seen of its practical working, I am perfectly 

 assured that, provided you can get an adequate stock of 

 parent fish, the Lund box is a most admirable contrivance 

 for obtaining any quantity of fry. 



