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perch, roach, or trout. He was not sure that it was worth 

 preserving the trout, because, although there was sufficient 

 running water for them to live in, they were not in good 

 condition for the table. But of those twenty-seven lakes 

 not five pounds'-worth of food was taken out of them from 

 year's end to year's end. If some of their German and 

 French friends had those lakes, what would they make out 

 of them ? The fact was there were millions of acres of 

 water in Ireland lying neglected. A man in Manchester 

 who took all his rabbits for two years, came over, and saw 

 him one day drawing for bream. In one day he brought 

 out about twelve tons. He was very much astonished, and 

 said there were a great many Irishmen in Manchester and 

 Liverpool and there was not one of them who, at certain 

 times of the week and many times of the year, did not 

 want fish, and if these fish could be sent to Manchester, he 

 should be very glad to pay well for them. That showed the 

 desirability of the cultivation of these coarse fish. It would 

 be an immense benefit to numbers of poor people whose 

 conscience did not allow them to eat meat at certain times 

 and who could get nothing else. London was the great 

 centre, as he hoped it always would remain, of Imperial 

 interest, and they had all been delighted to see the interest 

 which had been taken in this matter by their Royal High- 

 nesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught ; 

 but he hoped that the interests of Ireland would not be 

 left out in the cold. 



Mr. MANN, as a fish culturist from the age of fifteen, 

 could not allow Mr. Marston's Paper to pass without 

 offering him a tribute of thanks for the information he 

 had conveyed. Ten years ago he should have objected 

 that the cultivation of coarse fish was not necessary, but 

 when he came to think of the enormous increase of rod- 



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