PKEFACE 



TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



This paper originally appeared in the Annual 

 Eeport of the Zoological and Acclimatization 

 Society of Victoria for the year 1878. It is 

 here reprinted in a separate volume for the 

 convenience of those who are not Members 

 of that Society. 



The object of the writer of the paper was, 

 by giving in an easily accessible form the 

 main principles of the Art of Pisciculture, to 

 be of some service to those who may desire 

 to promote the scientific cultivation of our 

 waters, with a view to the increase of our 

 food fishes, and thereby to provide in Australia 



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