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into a trout stream ; but there were thousands of acres of 

 water where there were no fish at present, where bass could 

 be put, and would afford magnificent sport. The Sheffield 

 anglers had to go about 30 miles to get their fishing, and 

 every year paid about 15,000 for it, when they might 

 have abundant fishing in their own neighbourhood, if only 

 the streams were populated With regard to the point 

 mentioned by Mr. Mann, he believed that pine branches 

 were used because they were found to answer admirably, 

 and did not rot ; but his suggestion was a very good one, 

 and he hoped next year to try it. Mr. Wheeldon and Mr. 

 Geen had been somewhat disappointed that he had not set 

 forth a more complete scheme, but the scope of this Paper 

 only allowed him to give an outline of the subject. He 

 took it that they considered the matter even more urgent 

 than he did, and no doubt they would help to formulate a 

 scheme and support it. Mr. Geen was right, to a certain 

 extent, in saying that coarse fish could not be cultivated 

 artificially ; but in his Paper he had insisted on this fact, 

 and had referred particularly to pond culture, by which 

 means any of these fish could be cultivated. Carp was 

 cultivated to a great extent in Germany, and fetched 

 more money even than sea fish, but he believed other 

 kinds had not been cultivated there, because they were 

 not wanted. There were not many anglers in Germany, 

 and it was for anglers principally that he suggested these 

 fish should be cultivated 



Mr. GROSSMAN moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, 

 who had been the principal agent in persuading the Con- 

 servators of the Thames to prevent the capture of small 

 immature fish. Mr. Wilmot had referred to the opinion 

 expressed on the platform by a gentleman high in the 

 scientific world, but he would say that the great object of 



