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peas, and as uniform in size as possible. They 

 should be boiled (not to render them soft, of 

 course), to clear off and kill any impurity. Having 

 thereafter washed them carefully in several waters, 

 spread a layer of about an inch in thickness over 

 the bottom of your two receptacles. It is not 

 really necessary to do this in the "stew" until you 

 are ready to receive the fry in it. However, as it 

 is scarcely necessary to take two bites off one 

 cherry, it may be better, perhaps, to do both at 

 the same time. Flaving done this, obtain some 

 larger stones, ranging from the size of a filbert to 

 that of a plum, and place these sparely, so that, 

 as the water passes over them, tiny eddies may 

 be formed. These are of very salutary value to 

 young trout or salmon, and serve the purpose of 

 shelter and quietude. 



I have said that the art of spawning and im- 

 pregnating is impracticable for most boys. This 

 being so, and as there are gentlemen who make 

 a business of supplying eyed ova, I can only re- 

 peat my advice as to the purchase of the eggs from 

 a reliable fish culturist. As a rule, the eggs are 

 retained by the vendor until the two eyes of the 

 little fish, which are large and unmistakable. 



