150 FISH. 



the commissioners charged to carry on the work 

 of inspection, have given results that have far 

 surpassed the most sanguine expectations of the 

 advocates of the new system. Every time the 

 drag was applied it brought up over 2000 oysters ; 

 and each of the three fascines of row number ten, 

 sunk in 1859, and just brought up for examina- 

 tion, was found to contain 20,000 young oysters, 

 from three to five centimetres in diameter. These 

 fascines, exhibited in various towns in Brittany, 

 created universal amazement, and will probably 

 lead to the establishment of many new beds. 

 They were subsequently taken to Paris for the 

 emperor's inspection ; and lastly were submitted 

 to the Academy of Sciences, creating there the 

 same feeling of admiration and astonishment 

 which they had excited among the simple Breton 

 peasants. 



The fish farm of St. Briene shows what may be 

 done in deep water and under the raging waves 

 of the channel. The establishments in the shal- 

 low and sheltered Bay of Arcachon almost a 

 lake show what may be done towards utilising 

 shores of this description, where, at low water, 

 the pisciculturists are as busy with their fish gar- 



