i 4 2 MAKING A FISHERY. 



of the breeder's water, each one of which is an 

 important link in the chain. 



If the fry can be turned into properly fenced- 

 off tributaries, only some of the difficulties have 

 been removed. Although there may be a fair 

 quantity of natural food in such tributaries, 

 it is not likely to be enough to feed them 

 liberally in a comparatively restricted space, 

 and, without an ample food supply, the fry will 

 certainly not grow into healthy and fair-sized 

 yearlings. Artificial feeding will hence have 

 to be resorted to. Here, again, every fish 

 breeder in the country will confirm the state- 

 ment that the most anxious time with him, and 

 that at which the greatest mortality occurs under 

 normal conditions, is when he is just getting the 

 fry to feed. 

 stockingwith Yearlings or two-year-olds are probably the 

 two'-year- ° r best store fish to introduce into a river already 

 containing any number of trout, and their re- 

 spective advantages and disadvantages may be 

 briefly summarised as follows : — Yearlings are 

 far less costly than two-year-olds ; they are 

 fairly well able to take care of themselves 

 and avoid the ravages of their elder brethren. 

 A pike, lying deep down in the water, almost 

 covered by weeds and perfectly motionless, 

 can see every movement of a trout above 

 him on the look-out for floating or partially- 



