PBEFACE 



TO THE THIRD EDITION. 



The substance of this work in a slightly- 

 different form, under the title of " The Cali- 

 fornian Salmon," was originally published in 

 the Transactions of the Zoological and Accli- 

 matization Society of Melbourne for the year 

 1878, and a second small edition was reprinted 

 in Victoria. In publishing this third edition 

 in England, the desire of the writer is, by 

 giving in a plain and simple form an account 

 of his experience and of the main principles 

 of the art of fish-hatching as far as it relates 

 to salmon and the different varieties of trout, to 

 be of some service to those who may desire 



