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sole superintendence of the necessary preparations 

 for the renewed experiment about to be tried." 

 How earnestly and zealously Mr. Youl discharged 

 the duty thus devolving upon him, will appear from 

 our further report of his labours in this patriotic 

 undertaking. 



Immediately on Mr. Eamsbottom's arrival in 

 England, the experiments to which the Commis- 

 sioners have referred, and to the issue of which 

 they looked forward with the deepest interest, were 

 commenced under Mr. Youl's direction, and carried 

 on during the year 1863. 



The success of these experiments fully satisfied 

 the expectations of the Commissioners, at whose 

 instance they were undertaken. A large propor- 

 tion of the Ova that had been deposited in the 

 Wenham Lake Company's Ice Vaults in London, 

 for periods varying from 45 to 144 days, were found 

 at the end of those periods to be still in a state of 

 healthy vitality ; and were afterwards hatched into 

 vigorous fish by various pisciculturists to whom 

 they were committed after removal from the Ice 

 Vaults. 



In the conduct of these experiments Mr. Youl 

 was zealously assisted by W. Eamsbottom, by his 

 father, Mr. E. Eamsbottom, of Clitheroe, and by 

 the Manager of the Wenham Lake Ice Company, 

 who, on Mr. Youl's application, had generously 



