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a good four inches long, and good healthy- 

 looking fellows. We know not for certain 

 how the fish in the Thames are getting on, 

 but the river-keeper (Melborne) has told 

 Mr. Ponder that he has seen several young 

 trout in the shallows. If this be the fact, 

 rejoice, ye Thames anglers, and encourage 

 pisciculture ! 



Some few weeks ago Mr. Ponder invited 

 me to assist him in turning out a large batch 

 of young salmon and trout. We let them 

 loose into quiet, lone, undisturbed shal- 

 lows,* too shallow for perch and jack (which, 

 by the way, were spawning, and therefore 



* The fish are all turned into those parts of the Thames 

 which are under the management of "The Thames Angling 

 Preservation Society," and which, therefore, are never netted. 

 See the laws of the Society ; and if you are an angler, help 

 their praiseworthy efforts to afford good angling sport to aU. 



