16 PISCATORIAL REMINISCENCES 



PRESERVATION OF FISH DURING CARRIAGE. 



The belly of the fish to be opened, and the 

 internal parts sprinkled with powdered charcoal. 

 New Monthly Mag. 



The most favourable time to transport fish 

 from one place to another, is the winter, provided 

 it is not too cold, the age from three to four 

 years. Soninis Buff on. 



LONGEVITY OF FISHES. 



Respecting the longevity of fishes, from rea- 

 soning we might be induced to conjecture, that 

 it was not intended by nature that the duration 

 of their lives should be fixed to such a short 

 space of time, nor the expansion of size, to such 

 narrow limits, as that of terrestrial animals; for 

 the bones of fishes are so much of a cartilaginous 

 nature, as to admit of being expanded by a 

 natural increment for a much greater number of 

 years than the harder bones of land animals. In 

 the royal pond at Marli, in France, there are 

 some fishes that are said to have been preserved 

 since the time of Francis 1. Dr. Anderson. 



CHINESE ART OF FATTENING FISH. 



Tanks and small ponds are generally met with 

 in gardeners' grounds, where they are used to 

 fatten fish in, and afterwards to water the garden, 



