INTRODUCTION. 



TN bringing out this little work on the Culture of 

 Trout, the author feels that he is attempting to 

 supply a great want, as many landed proprietors, 

 desirous of stocking their waters with that fish, 

 naturally wish for some simple practical work wherein 

 they may find information which will serve for a help 

 to the servant as well as to the master, especially in 

 the absence of the latter. 



The author, in his first attempt at Pisciculture, 

 would have been truly thankful for such a guide ; 

 and, with the hope that they may be of use to others, 

 and enable them to enter upon a successful career, he 

 now ventures to publish the results of his own prac- 

 tical experience. 



His grateful acknowledgments are due to the Rev. 

 L. Stone for the account of the Russian or Dry 

 method of Spawning, and for the Spawn and Hatching 

 Tables, &c. 



All the methods of procedure recommended have 

 been personally tried, and nothing has been taken 

 from the works of others, so far as the author is 

 aware, without due acknowledgment. 



CRAY FISHERY, 



FOOT'S CRAY, KENT. 



