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was even a tolerable feeder, and most school 

 boys are a!pt to be, he must have devoured at 

 least two hundred trout at that breakfast. I think, 

 Mr. Editor, you must distinctly remember the 

 size of trout at that age, as you saw those we 

 exhibited at our County Fair, one year ago last 

 fall, but as all your readers may not know the 

 size of trout at that age, I will give their di- 

 mensions : the largest ones are about two and 

 a half inches long ; their circumference a little 

 over that of a common sized goose quill. 



The Dr.'s experiments did not end with his 

 breakfast. In 1806, he procured some of the 

 spawn of the yellow perch, and after drying 

 them for ten days, he placed them in water, the 

 product of which was a considerable number of 

 young fish, the Dr. has not told us for what 

 purpose he dried the eggs, and then hatched 

 them, but I suppose he was endeavoring to hit 

 upon some method of transporting them, from 

 one part of ,the country to another, for the 

 benefit of those who might wish to engage in 

 fish culture ; but unfortunately, he never made 

 this interesting experiment known for half a 

 century. 



I will close, by assuring such of your read- 

 ers, as may wish to engage in fish culture, they 

 must pursue a course widely different from Dr. 





