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used with the right hand, a bowl or other vessel being 

 held in the left so as to be ready to receive the fry 

 when caught. At first the unsuspecting little creatures 

 will be very easily swept up, but gradually the last 

 few become very cunning by experience, and dodge 

 the net with wonderful speed and dexterity. It is 

 sometimes a good plan to use a syphon of india- 

 rubber tubing and draw off the water into one of the 

 the lower tanks. Almost every one of the fry will 

 make for the exit as the water sinks, and the few 

 remaining may easily be got out by tilting the trough 

 and sweeping them up in the net as the water flows 

 back when the trough is again lowered. 



, Having caught the fry they must be taken in pails 

 or other vessels to their new residence, and there set 

 free, by gently turning the pail over when in the 

 water. They will swim away and endeavour to hide 

 themselves, making free use of the artificial shelters 

 provided for them. 



As an extra, especially where they only get two 

 regular feeds, carrion may be hung up over the stream 

 or box if at some distance from a house, and the 

 gentles falling therefrom will be greatly relished by the 

 fry, when of a size to enable them to swallow a whole 

 gentle. 



The above system should be pursued, suiting the 

 quantity and size of the food to that of the fish, as long 

 as they are kept in an artificial state. This period 

 may extend as long as the trout-rearer pleases ; but, as 

 a rule, space is at a premium for future use, and the 

 fry are turned out as yearlings to shift for themselves 

 in the open river in March or April of the year after 

 that in which they were hatched. If, however, there 



