CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Value of Observation. — Land and Water compared. — 

 Game v. Fish. — How to prepare Eggs.— How to 

 coTint Eggs.— Number of Eggs in Fish.— Spat of 

 Oyster. — Hard and soft Roe. — Colour of Fish 

 Eggs.— Toughness of Egg .... 1—21 



CHAPTER II. 



How the Fish deposits her Spawn. — FishSTests. — Salmon 

 Spawning. — Trouts' Nests. — Experiment with Eggs. 

 —Salmon depositing its Eggs. — Salmon covers her 

 Eggs.— The " Old Soldier."— Skeleton of Salmon.— 

 Salmon found Dead. — Stormontfields Fish . . 22 — 41 



CHAPTER III. 



Enemies of Ova. — Enemies of Fish Eggs. — MOl Wheels. — 

 Fish eat their own Eggs. — Water Insects. — Larvse of 

 May Fly. — Human Poachers. — Water-Ouzel, — Ex 

 amination of Gizzard. — Other testimony. — Mr 

 Gould's opinion. — Verdict for Water-Ouzel. — Dab- 

 chicks.— Rats. — Water-Shrews. —Swans most de- 

 structive .^Evidence about Swans. ^Swans at Lale- 



