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object of observation and delight. He not only 

 delights in their capture as a tribute to his own 

 prowess, but he is an admiring possessor of the 

 beautiful piece of watergoing architecture, than 

 which there is no more perfect example than the 

 trout or salmon. Taking one step farther, what 

 could be more interesting to my young readers 

 than the care of either of these beautiful fish from 

 the egg up to vigorous trouthood or salmonhood .-' 

 The task proposed may look a difficult one, but it 

 really is not, as I shall demonstrate. As a boy I 

 have done precisely as I shall describe, and subse- 

 quent experience has confirmed some conclusions 

 which were at first tentative. 



To go back to my own earliest knowledge of 

 the subject. One of my most pleasant recollec- 

 tions is that of the late Mr. Frank Buckland 

 (author of " Curiosities of Natural History," etc.) 

 amongst his beloved infant trout at the Mu- 

 seum of Fish Culture, South Kensington, Lon- 

 don, Eng. With fatherly assiduity would he at- 

 tend on them ; and as he brought to bear on the 

 tiny entities the resources of his great and ingen- 

 ious mind, one almost wished himself a fish, were 

 it only to be brought within the tender care of such 



