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left in the egg besides liimself and was nibbling at the shell 

 when it broke and let him out. * * * iVs the egg covering 

 wavered on his tail, he whirled like a wink and swallowed it." 

 (Laughter). 



President: Any discussion on Mr. Titcomb's paper? 

 (Laughter). If not, we will pass to that of Dr. Smith on "For- 

 eign Methods of Fish Culture." 



Dr. H. M. Smith, Deput}' U. S. Fish Commissioner, then 

 read a paper on "Some Observation on European Fisheries and 

 Fish Culture," which Avas discussed. 



Mr. Tarleton H. Bean then delivered an address on "Prac- 

 tical Difhculties in the Way of Fish Culture," which was dis- 

 cussed. 



Mr. Clark : I would like to say before adjournment that the 

 committee on program have gone over things as carefully as 

 liossiljle. and with one or two exceptions where they may be 

 printed Avithout being read, I think that if the society will ad- 

 journ at the present time to meet at nine o'clock to-morrow 

 morning they can probably get through with their papers. 



President: Allow me to say that my paper can just as well 

 be omitted. 



Mr. Clark : I was going to say that we only have to con- 

 sider the papers of Dr. Birge and Mr. A. Kelly Evans of Toron- 

 to. Dr. Mead's paper will be read to-night; of course you will 

 understand that. Mr. Evans' paper on "The Influence of Poli- 

 tics upon the work of the Fish Culturist, and How Fish and 

 Game Protective Associations May Assist the Latter," and also 

 on "The International Problem of the Proper Regulation of the 

 Fisheries of the Great Lakes," will be read. Then there is a 

 paper by Mr. Field, chairman of the Massachusetts State Fish 

 Commission. That paper really ought to go along with the 

 paper of Professor Mead to-night, I should presume. Those 

 are practically all the papers, with the exception of the paper by 

 Mr. Atkins on the "Manipulation of Salmon Eggs," and the 

 report on "Foreign Correspondence," which Dr. Smith informs 

 me will only take a short time, and then there are one or two 



