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ham. — Swans in Pond. — Eesult of destruction of 

 Fish Eggs 42—81 



CHAPTER IV. 



On the Protection of the Eggs, and hatching them by 

 artificial means. — ^Artificial Nests. — Out-door Boxes. 

 — Gravel for Boxes. — Darkness necessary. — In-door 

 Apparatus.— Filter the Water. — Dead Eggs. — Tem- 

 perature should be low. — Mr. Buist's Observations. — 

 Time required for Development. — Grayling Ova. — 

 Development of young Fish. — "Water Babies.— The 

 Hospital. —Birth of Fish. — Difficulties of young 

 Fish. — Young Charr. — ^Steeple-Chase Salmon. — 

 Weight of young Fish. — Lower jaw developed. — 

 Eye of young Fish.—" Hides " for Fish.— Defor- 

 mities. — " Siamese twin" Fish. — Microscopic appear- 

 ances of young Fish. — Blood-vessels. — Pectoral Fins. 

 — Mr. Hancock's Eeport. — Muscle of Fin. — Nutri- 

 ment, how conveyed. — ^Anatomy of Umbilical Bag. — 

 No Duct exists. — Gfll Fever. — How to feed young 

 Fish. — Midges for Fish. — Young Fish rise at the Fly. 

 — The Master of the Tank. — Turning out Fish. — 

 Shallows best for Fish. — Salmon in a Ditch. — Diffe- 

 rence of growth in Fish. — Cause of the Phenomenon. 

 — Difference in Food. — Shells v. Insects. — Transport 

 of Ova and Fish. —Transport of Eggs.— To unpack the 

 Eggs. — To carry young Fish. — Young Salmon from 

 Sweden. — Fish Breeding in Sweden. — Salmon ,to 

 Australia. — The Establishment at Huningue. — M. 



Coste and Mr. Coumes. — Mr. Ashworth's Labours. 



Loughs Mask and Corrib.— Its pecuniary advantages. 

 — ^Transportation of Live Salmon.— Its cost. — Eeap- 



