CHAPTER XXII 



FISH HATCHING ON A MODEST SCALE 

 By HENRY LAMOND 



IN these days of intensive cultivation it is more than 

 probable that a gamekeeper or fishing gillie will find 

 it of advantage to be more or less familiar with the art 

 of pisciculture. Given that knowledge of nature solidly 

 based upon a study of the ways and wiles of bird, beast, 

 and fish, which this class of employee already possesses, 

 little more is required in addition except care, scrupu- 

 lous cleanliness, and sound common sense to turn even 

 an ordinary gillie into a competent hatchery manager. 

 It is proposed to indicate in this chapter the little more 

 that is required. 



It is possible that even the employer's attention may 

 be actively turned to the subject when he learns that 

 there is no particular mystery about the business ; that, 

 given suitable conditions, a small hatchery is neither a 

 troublesome nor a costly undertaking either to construct 

 or to maintain ; and that, again given suitable condi- 

 tions, some real return may be expected from the out- 

 lay incurred. It may be of service, therefore, to give 

 a description of a hatchery which has been in active 



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