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delivered will be a fairly level lot of, say, five 

 to seven. inches in length. 



The comparative length does not convey Comparative 



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any adequate idea of the real difference in fish. 

 size, and the following figures, being positive 

 weights of fair specimens, may be given : — 

 Trout, 3-g- inches long, weighed '17, or xcnjoz. 

 One 4 inches long, '40, or xb-oz. ; 5 inches, "68, 

 or Too 02 -; 6 inches, 1*3, or i^o 02 - All these 

 were yearlings prepared for travelling, i.e., 

 starved for five or six days ; and as the figures 

 show that, for example, a 5-inch yearling weighs 

 four times as much as. one 3-g- inches in length, 

 the comparative value can be easily calcu- 

 lated. In the absence of any reliable data 

 on the subject, it is nonsense for any fish 

 breeder to assert that the smaller yearling will 

 develop into a heavier two-year-old, or adult 

 fish, than the larger one. The largest and 

 sturdiest yearlings are the best fed, and having 

 the better start in life are, other things being 

 equal, likely to develop into adult trout of 

 greater size, healthier and gamer than their 

 half-starved brethren. 



