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in this country canals of several miles in length, and 

 numerous lakes, utterly devoid of fish, and there were 

 ponds in nearly every field which could, under a wise 

 system, be stocked with fresh-water fish. He was sure 

 this Paper would draw the attention of those who took an 

 interest in these matters to the necessity of cultivating 

 these kinds of fish, and there was no country in the world 

 where it could be cultivated to a more profitable extent 

 than in England, Scotland, and Ireland. 



Mr. C. E. FRYER seconded the motion. He did not wish 

 to import a note of discord at the last moment, but he 

 could not miss the opportunity of saying that Mr. Wilmot 

 seemed to have slightly misunderstood the position which 

 Professor Huxley had taken with regard to the question of 

 fisheries. He did not come there as the apologist or 

 defender of Professor Huxley, who was perfectly capable 

 of taking care of himself, but it was most undesirable that 

 any misconception should exist. Professor Huxley held 

 the opinion that, as regards the power of man to interfere 

 with fisheries, they were divisible into three distinct classes ; 

 those which might be destroyed, those which could be 

 partially destroyed, and those which we have no proof 

 that it was possible for man to destroy. With regard to 

 the special subject under discussion to-day, Professor 

 Huxley joined the National Fish Culture Association on 

 the ground that it would afford the opportunity of taking 

 up fish culture, more especially with regard to fresh-water 

 fish, that branch being more susceptible of assistance than 

 deep sea fisheries ; the fresh-water fish would come under 

 the general category of fisheries that were capable of being 

 destroyed ; the littoral fisheries would come under the 

 second category, which it was possible for man to interfere 

 with and seriously injure, if not altogether to destroy, such, 

 for instance, as Lobster, Crab, and Oyster fisheries, and 



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