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advertising pages of Le Pecheur, which, during the first six 

 months of 1907 contained the advertisements of six establish- 

 ments located in France oifering eggs or fish for sale and specif}'- 

 ing as follows : European brook front, rainbow trout, and 

 American brook trout are each specified by three parties: carp,' 

 tench, roach, chub (Idus melanotus), perch, catfish (Ameiurus 

 nehulosus) and calico bass, each by two parties: Scotch trout, 

 steelheads, salmon-trout, lake trout, loach, gudgeon, pike and 

 pike-perch, each by one party. It is interesting to note the posi- 

 tion of the five American species included in this list. All these 

 stations supply either eggs or young fish, or both, for planting in 

 open waters. 



Of institutions for the rearing of fish to be sold directly to 

 the food-markets and consumers there is, so far as our informa- 

 tion goes, but one in France, located near Paris : this is the sub- 

 ject of a sketch below, drawn from the personal observations of 

 a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations. 



Fish Cultural Observations in France. 



(By John W. Titcomb.) 



While in Paris I visited the Aquarium to learn what I could 

 from the director who could not talk English. The Aquarium 

 is very poorly supported financially, and the director is unable 

 to do very much in the way of progressive work. The water 

 supply is from the Seine, and also from the Avre. The latter 

 furnishes cold water for trout. The director claimed that he 

 had kept brook trout in the Aquarium for six months in a water 

 temperature of from 26 to 27 degrees centigrade (79 to 81 degT. 

 Fahrenheit). This I claimed was impossible, and in conversa- 

 tion with a fish culturist, after talking with the director, he 

 claimed that the information which I obtained was unreliable. 

 In the Aquarium were some hybrids, a cross between the lacus- 

 tras and Loch Leven trout. The fish were two years old and 

 weighed 700 grams (fi/o lb.). There were a number of fine 

 Quinnat salmon of various ages and the director informed mo 

 that he had obtained eggs from four-year old Quinnats when they 

 weighed two kilos (41/2 ll)s.) each, and successfully reared the 

 product of such eggs for making up his exhibits. He was under 



