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paired, new perforated zinc was fixed to all the 

 fences, and the wood and zinc cleaned, and 

 painted over with tar varnish ; the brickwork 

 was repaired, and some parts of it renewed 

 where the action of the water had rendered it 

 unsafe ; the cement-work throughout was re- 

 paired ; the gravel raked over, thoroughly 

 cleaned, and rammed down hard ; in fact, every- 

 thing requisite was done to put it in fit and 

 proper condition to receive a fresh lot of year- 

 lings for future stocking. As a last, but very 

 necessary precaution, the water was run 

 through it for a fortnight to make sure of re- 

 moving any possible risk of unslaked lime being 

 left in the cement or joints of the brickwork. 

 The stew in A friend fishing the water, as the guest of 



one of the lessees, expressed a desire to present 

 1000 yearlings to the fishery. He explained 

 that a relative had erected and fitted up a 

 small hatchery, taking the ova from a strain of 

 large trout, and had arranged a series of small 

 carriers in which some good yearlings were 

 reared. This kind offer was accepted, and on 

 the 27th February, 1894, they were conveyed 

 to the water, and with the exception of five, 

 which had succumbed during the journey, were 

 turned into the stew. On the following morning 

 ten more were found dead. 



Altogether they were a very useful lot of 



