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not amiss to stretch a line for eels, fastening 

 one end to the flags or on the shore. Kennet 

 in Berkshire, Stour in Dorsetshire, Irk in Lan- 

 cashire, and Aukham in Lincolnshire, are all 

 famous for eels, as the New River, near Isling- 

 ton, used to be in days gone by. 



Attention has recently been drawn to the 

 cultivation of fish by the artificial preservation 

 of spawn. With respect to the salmon, pisci- 

 culture, as it is called, has been carried on to 

 a considerable extent ; but we are not aware 

 that much has been done in connection with 

 eels that is to say, in Great Britain. In 

 Italy, in the Lagoon of Oomaccio, the preser- 

 vation and cultivation of the eel has been long 

 carried on with great success. The average 

 annual yield is estimated at about 4,000,000 

 pounds weight. A writer on this subject says : 

 " The Comaccio ponds could be easily imitated, 

 and there are fens and watering-places in Eng- 

 land that seem naturally suited for the con- 

 struction of such places." We quite agree with 

 the writer ; and not only with regard to eels, 

 but as respects almost all other fish fit for the 

 table. We believe that much remains to be 

 done in order to render available the abundance 

 of the natural supply. 



