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rows 2 to 3 feet apart, care being taken to leave only J inch 

 or less above ground. 



There are many localities where comparatively valueless 

 land, close to the mouths of rivers and canals, might be 

 made highly profitable, at the same time as the cultivation 

 of it with the before-mentioned trees and plants would 

 improve the state of the fishing, and, before placing spawn 

 and fish in any water, I consider it important to pay great 

 attention to this question. Where few or no trees exist 

 it will be necessary to cultivate them, and I feel certain 

 that such proceeding will enhance the chances of the 

 success of pisciculture. I will not here enter further upon 

 the practical details of the question. These are bound to 

 vaiy with the locality, and the local foresters will know 

 how to deal with them. 



In drawing the attention of the Conference to this ques- 

 tion, it is with the sincere hope that it may enlist your 

 sympathy, and that the public opinion may be won for it. 

 That it is important for all freshwater fishing is evident. 

 That is one more reason added to the many why we should 

 regard the forest as a precious heirloom to be deeply 

 revered, properly used, and, through careful maintenance, 

 descend improved and enriched to posterity. 



DISCUSSION. 



Professor BROWN GOODE moved a vote of thanks to 

 the Danish Commissioner for the Paper. He had already 

 that day, in speaking on Professor Lankester's paper, 

 called attention to the fact that one of the most important 

 results of the Exhibition was its scientific results, important 

 among which are the Conference Papers which have been 

 read. This was confirmed by the present paper, which 



