INDEX. 



345 



Seth Green's success in, 93, 94 

 temperature of water suitable to, 



112. 



INLETS AND OUTLETS, directions for, 

 37 ; side channels to, 39 ; size of, 39. 



JACK, account of, 233. 



JOURNEYS of the fish and eggs, 262 - 



267. 



LARGE TROUT, account of those 

 caught by G. S. Page, Esq., 208 ; 

 age of, 207 ; best market for selling, 

 240 ; best time to kill for food, 236 ; 

 daily care, 233 ; experiments in 

 feeding, 306 - 308 ; food for, 1 10 ; 

 how to grow rapidly, 231 ; market- 

 ing, 235 ; most profitable age of, 256 ; 

 quantity of food, 232 ; rate of growth, 

 232 ; range required, 232 ; size of, 

 208 ; scientific description of, by 

 Storer, 197-200; temperature of 

 water, 232 ; weight, 207. 



MARKING FISH, Buckland's directions 

 for marking salmon, 325 - 327. 



MEAT, place to keep, 42 ; preparation 

 of, 41, 42. 



MEAT GRINDERS, 214, 215. 



MILT, action of, at time of impregna- 

 tion, 90 ; bad effect of water on, 95 ; 

 composi.ion of, 95 ; experiments 

 with, 95, 304; length of time the 

 spermatozoa will remain alive, 97. 



MINK, how to catch, 225, 226. 



MINNOWS, as food, 212 ; encourage- 

 ment to cannibalism, 212, 213. 



MIRIMICHI RIVER, kind of fish found 

 in, 272 ; quantities of fish found, 

 272 ; salmon-breeding establishment 

 on, 298, 305. 



MISSISQUOI RIVER, kind offish found 

 at, 272. 



NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, table of 

 spawning time of migratory and 

 fresh -water fish, 270. 



NURSERIES, description of, 68. 



ODDS AND ENDS, 267-342. 

 OVERHEATING, remedy for, 189- 190. 



PAGE, G. S., amount of large trout 

 caught, 208 ; introduction of Rus- 

 sian method of impregnation, 88- 

 796 ; letter from, 207. 



PATENT CARBONIZED HATCHING 

 TROUGHS, cost of, compared with 

 glass grilles, 288; description of, 

 286 - 289. 



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PERCH HATCHING, description of, 

 316-319; description of roe, 317; 

 development of embryo, 317. 



POACHERS, 227-231. 



PONDS, advantage of plank over earth, 

 226 ; avoid overstocking, 216 ; 

 charred, 23 ; compactness of, 20 ; 

 construction of, 19 ; depth of, 25 ; 

 drawing off, 223 ; hiding-places in, 

 26 ; location of, 18, 219 ; material for 

 building, 22 ; mullets in, 223 ; num- 

 ber of, 2$ ; repairs to, 26 : security 

 in, 22 ; size, 20 ; shape, 21. 



QUATREFAGE'S experiments with sper- 

 matozoa and milt of different fish 

 diluted with water, 91. 



REARING BOXES, arrangement of, 77 ; 

 absence of fixed hiding-places, 74 ; 

 compactness of fish for feeding in, 

 74 ; completeness in, 72 ; construc- 

 tion of ponds used as, 78 ; current 

 in, 72 ; form of, 72 ; fall of water in, 



72 ; number of points necessary to 

 completeness in, 72 ; outside ene- 

 mies, 74, 75 ; overflow in, 73 ; pro- 

 tection against too forcible suction, 



73 ; points necessary to, 72 - 76 ; 

 protection against fungus, 76; size 

 of, 77 ; supply of water in, 77 ; tight 

 joints in, 75 ; water plants in, 78. 



RECAPITULATION of all principles, 

 251-254. 



RESERVOIR, cleanliness in, 48 ; secur- 

 ity in, 47 ; supply of water in, 47. 



RIPE FISH, appearance of, 101 ; cau- 

 tion about handling, 104 ; danger in 

 rough handling, 86 ; dexterity in 

 handling, 104 : how to tell, 100. 



SALMO EGG, translation from Vogt's 



work on the development of, by F. 



W. Webber, 308-316. 

 SALMON-BREEDING ESTABLISHMENT 



ON THE MIRIMICHI RIVER, account 



of, 295-302 ; letter from Mr. Whitch- 



er, 297 - 299. 



SALT a cure for fungus, 257 - 261. 

 SCREENS, materials for, 38 ; placing 



of, 58 ; slats used as, 38 ; uniformity 



in, 39- 

 SECURITY, the principle inculcated, 



6 ; necessity for, 7 ; losses caused 



by want of, 8 ; results of want of, 



9, 10. 

 SEDIMENT, danger of, 116; method of 



removing, 117. 

 SHAD, dissertation on, 283 - 285. 



