88 FISH HATCHING. 



this stratification is that the young fish, being 

 hatched under the big stones, shall not get 

 down much below this level, being stopped 

 by the half-inch gravel. Set your stream 

 going for a few hours, and see that it 

 works properly, being always about two 

 or three inches in depth, and flowing per- 

 petually. 



Now then you are ready for the eggs. 

 When you have got them, carefully dis- 

 tribute them with a spoon among the big 

 stones under which they will naturally roll, 

 and leave them alone. The stream should 

 be gentle and continuous, but not fast enough 

 to bother the eggs. 



Should the reader not understand this, let 

 him go down to Hampton, near Hampton 

 Court, and Mr, Ponder will show him his 



