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  a 
  period 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  months, 
  and 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  

   hatching 
  period 
  for 
  three 
  months 
  beyond 
  its 
  natural 
  limits. 
  

  

  The 
  Marquis 
  of 
  Exeter 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  asked 
  to 
  

   move 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  to 
  Professor 
  Goode, 
  and 
  he 
  felt 
  

   that 
  very 
  few 
  words 
  of 
  his 
  were 
  requisite 
  in 
  so 
  doing, 
  

   for 
  he 
  was 
  sure 
  the 
  whole 
  meeting 
  would 
  concur 
  in 
  giving 
  

   him 
  a 
  most 
  hearty 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  able, 
  in- 
  

   structive, 
  and 
  exhaustive 
  Paper 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  read. 
  It 
  

   entered 
  so 
  completely 
  into 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  breeding 
  

   establishments 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  that 
  all 
  who 
  took 
  an 
  

   interest 
  in 
  pisciculture 
  would 
  derive 
  great 
  benefit 
  from 
  it, 
  

   and 
  it 
  would 
  enable 
  them 
  to 
  improve 
  their 
  own 
  establish- 
  

   ments 
  ; 
  he 
  was 
  quite 
  sure 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  hints 
  he 
  heard 
  

   would 
  enable 
  him 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  He 
  was 
  glad 
  of 
  this 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  of 
  returning 
  his 
  sincere 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Government 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  Piscicultural 
  Department, 
  for 
  

   the 
  great 
  kindness 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  answered 
  his 
  

   questions, 
  and 
  furnished 
  him 
  with 
  ova 
  and 
  everything 
  he 
  

   required 
  for 
  carrying 
  out 
  his 
  small 
  piscicultural 
  experi- 
  

   ments. 
  Those 
  fish 
  which 
  he 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   were 
  descended 
  from 
  eggs 
  furnished 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Department 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Sir 
  Edward 
  Thornton, 
  

   and 
  were 
  nearly 
  all 
  American 
  bred 
  fish. 
  

  

  PROF. 
  HUXLEY, 
  in 
  seconding 
  the 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks, 
  said 
  he 
  

   should 
  have 
  had 
  great 
  pleasure 
  in 
  so 
  doing 
  under 
  any 
  cir- 
  

   cumstances, 
  but 
  it 
  afforded 
  him 
  particular 
  pleasure 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  

   because 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  him 
  that 
  on 
  considering 
  attentively 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  observations 
  and 
  experi- 
  

   ments 
  upon 
  the 
  best 
  methods 
  of 
  dealing 
  with 
  fishes 
  of 
  all 
  

   classes, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  carried 
  out 
  with 
  such 
  great 
  activity 
  

   and 
  ingenuity 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commission 
  during 
  the 
  

   last 
  ten 
  years, 
  there 
  was 
  as 
  good 
  a 
  justification 
  as 
  he 
  could 
  

   wish 
  to 
  have 
  for 
  the 
  propositions 
  which 
  he 
  ventured 
  to 
  

  

  