INTRODUCTION. 



HEAD BEFORE THE CLEVELAND ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 

 FEBRUARY 17TH, 1854, 



BY THEODATUS GARLICK, M. D. 



THE successful experiments of Messrs. Remy 

 and Gehin, of France, in the artificial re-pro- 

 duction of certain kinds of fish, will without 

 doubt, "be repeatedly made in this and other 

 countries, and with the same satisfactory re- 

 sults. 



The immense advantages resulting from this 

 discovery, particularly, in countries abounding 

 with such a variety and extent of inland waters 

 as our own, can hardly be estimated. 



Early in the spring of last year, Prof. H. A. 

 Ackley and myself determined to make the ex- 

 periment of artificially breeding fish. After 

 some deliberation, we .determined to select the 

 speckled trout, (Salmo fontinalis) for our first 

 experiment. Accordingly, in the month of Au- 

 gust last, I started for the Sault Ste. Marie, 

 with the purpose of obtaining the parent fish, 

 while Prof. Ackley was preparing a suitable 



