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there ; he then stalls that off ; and we are trying that this year in 
connection with Mr. Lydell’s apparatus. Mr. North and | have 
decided to have our superintendent keep a careful record of his 
work this year; and next year we want him to address the 
Society as to the comparative value of these two methods. We 
have at London, I think, the best springs and best ponds that I 
have seen or heard of anywhere. We have, within a distance of 
a quarter of a mile, a thirty-foot fall. That is one thing that is 
very desirable. Our waters, unfortunately for bass culture, is 
very cold spring water. The ponds are in tiers, starting from 
the west, and placed crosswise, parallel with the stream that 
formerly carried this water ; and we cannot use the first pond or 
two on account of the cold water. We have no streams in the 
state where trout can be planted to advantage; but our third, 
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth ponds, on down, where 
the water is warm, are very desirable for bass. 
I have not had much experience, but have heard the super- 
intendent talk about the question of the male guarding the 
spawn. He insists that they do that. He does not believe in 
cleaning his ponds too closely at the edge, but leaves all the 
vegetation and moss, because he regards them of advantage for 
the safety of the young fish. As soon as they take care of them- 
selves they get into this moss and are free from their enemies, 
and protected there. 
Mr, Clark: That examination of the specimens has just 
been completed. No bass or other fish were found in them. 
The specimens were taken out in the pond and immediately 
placed in formaline without being held any length of time. I 
still think, however, that the theory I expressed to the effect that 
they may have been feeding on the starved bass, or very small 
shiners, may be correct. 
Mr. Meehan: In regard to the cannibalistic tendencies of 
voung small mouth bass, | would say that last vear, about the 
first of July, we placed 20,000 small mouth bass, probably an 
inch long, in a small pond. They were fed with ground fish, 
six times a day, and on the average it is estimated that they ate 
about three times their own weight of that food. On the first 
