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the ponds, is that they always swim in a school. As soon as they 
are disturbed you see a whirl, and there is not one more to be 
seen. By waiting only a short time one after another comes 
‘forth out of their place of refuge, and the school is formed again 
in no time. 
Not so the young of the salmon sa/av,; when they are acouple 
of inches long, they never congregate; are always single (on 
the look out), and stand with the head current-up, while the 
quinnat swim up and down the pond from one end to the other. 
The pairs on hand will be put in the river Maas, near Venlo, 
as soon as the water opens, all being frozen up now, as I have 
singled out that river for my experiments, as having been for 
years almost destitute of salmon. 
Last January I put in at the same place 51,000 fry, but as I 
did not hear anything of them, I intend to keep all the fry in 
ponds till next fall, and have them well fed with mussels, so as 
to have not quite so much cannibalism among them. 
C. J. BOTTEMANNE, M. D. 
THE PRESIDENT then announced the Annual Fish Dinner for 
Wednesday evening, at the Metropolitan Hotel. 
The following letter was received and read by the Secretary. 
Sanpbusky, March 25th, 1880. 
Mr. Rooseve.t, President, and members of the Fish-Cultural Asso- 
clatton : 
GENTLEMEN—As business compels me to stay here, and I 
therefore, am not able to be present at the meeting of the Asso- 
ciation, I take the liberty to propose the following in regard 
to pound-net fishing. 
rt. Pound-net fishing ought to be regulated by Congress as it 
is in Canada. 
2. The meshes of pound-nets should be enlarged to protect 
the young and ungrown fish by giving them a chance to slip 
through the meshes. 
3. Every pound-net should pay a revenue of between five 
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