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one thousand dollars, or forfeit that sum. If they are fed well 
they will grow fast, if not fed well they will not grow at all. 
‘They will grow in three years to weigh four pounds a piece, 
from one-twelfth of a pound fo start with. 
ON OUTS; KC), 
“JAMES N. WELLS.” 
I have, in the foregoing pages, given the best testimony and 
evidence as to the procreative habits of eels that I could obtain, 
even at the risk of repeating a part of what had already been 
published. The contradictions are positive and apparent, and 
there is room for much further. study and investigation. We 
have, however, made a decided advance in our knowledge. We 
have found the eggs. We are sure these mature in the fall or 
winter. We know that the young appear in spring, and must be 
born during the winter. We are getting further insight into the 
habits of these curious creatures ; and having aroused the public 
attention, we shall undoubtedly soon ascertain the actual facts 
in all their necessary detail. If we have not learned all that is 
needed by the fish-culturist, we have at least discovered the 
foundation for requisite protective legislation, can enact 
laws intelligently for the protection of a fish which is of con- 
siderable economic value in many parts of the country, and 
which is, like so many other of our fishes, rapidly diminishing 
in numbers. 
Mr. Green: I would like to call attention to the young 
whitefish which I have seen in the markets sold as herring. 
Now, some folks have got an idea that every fish as big as a her- 
ring that looks like a herring is a herring. Now, here is a 
young whitefish (showing a cooked one) which I brought down 
from my hotel, which I got when I asked for herring. There is 
a difference in the bones of a whitefish and a herring, and this is 
a whitefish. If this fish had lived another year it would have 
weighed two pounds, and have made a dinner for several men. 
' They fish with nets having too small a mesh. I object to the 
destruction of small fish. Here is Mr. Theodore Reinecke, a 
man owning pound-nets, who will tell you the same. 
