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  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  imj^regiiated. 
  In 
  the 
  experiments 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Atkins, 
  he 
  found 
  that 
  leaves 
  of 
  river 
  grass 
  formed 
  the 
  best 
  

   attachment 
  for 
  the 
  spawn, 
  and 
  that 
  spawn 
  attached 
  to 
  this 
  

   grass, 
  and 
  allowed 
  to 
  move 
  frecl}' 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  rush 
  of 
  water 
  

   already 
  mentioned, 
  hatched 
  out 
  comparatively 
  Avell, 
  whereas 
  

   spawn 
  treated 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  method, 
  died. 
  The 
  grass, 
  of 
  

   course, 
  was 
  attached 
  by 
  one 
  end, 
  the 
  other 
  being 
  free 
  to 
  

   move 
  and 
  sway 
  in 
  the 
  current. 
  The 
  Commission 
  tried 
  

   various 
  things 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  spav^ni 
  was 
  deposited. 
  Bits 
  

   of 
  grass 
  ; 
  bits 
  of 
  untwisted 
  rope 
  warp 
  ; 
  bits 
  of 
  gauze 
  hanging 
  

   free 
  in 
  the 
  jars 
  ; 
  loose 
  masses 
  of 
  moss 
  ; 
  and 
  light 
  small-meshed 
  

   gauze, 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  ordinary 
  spawn 
  trays 
  were 
  covered. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  upon 
  being 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  

   jars, 
  and 
  before 
  becoming 
  completely 
  attached 
  by 
  the 
  

   hardening 
  mucous 
  stalk, 
  described, 
  p. 
  58, 
  would 
  become 
  

   swept 
  from 
  the 
  trays 
  or 
  other 
  objects, 
  and 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  jars, 
  where 
  they, 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  jars, 
  formed 
  

   quite 
  large 
  masses. 
  These 
  latter 
  masses, 
  being 
  directly 
  in 
  

   the 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  of 
  water 
  entering 
  the 
  jar, 
  of 
  course 
  

   received 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  violent 
  and 
  fresher 
  flow 
  of 
  water 
  than 
  

   the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  spawn. 
  They 
  were 
  thus 
  placed 
  in 
  very 
  much 
  

   the 
  same 
  condition 
  as 
  the 
  spawn 
  which 
  did 
  tho 
  best 
  with 
  

   Mr. 
  Atkins, 
  except 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  massed 
  together, 
  and 
  

   also, 
  excepting, 
  of 
  course, 
  that 
  the 
  flow 
  in 
  the 
  jars 
  was 
  never 
  

   violent. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Win. 
  Ilanillu 
  did 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  practical 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  

   Commission, 
  such 
  as 
  manipulating 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  caring 
  for 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  jars, 
  &c. 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  gathering 
  and 
  

   impregnating 
  the 
  spawn 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Three 
  or 
  four 
  tin 
  pans, 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  gauze 
  or 
  twig 
  

   covered 
  trays 
  in 
  each, 
  a 
  tin-pail 
  and 
  a 
  dipper 
  were 
  carried 
  to 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  grounds. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  haul 
  of 
  the 
  seine 
  had 
  

   been 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  all 
  gathered 
  together 
  in 
  small 
  

   compass 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shore, 
  or 
  upon 
  it, 
  they 
  were 
  immediately 
  

   overhauled, 
  and 
  the 
  ripe 
  males 
  and 
  females 
  laid 
  to 
  one 
  side. 
  

   The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  gathered 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  

  

  