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counter, they' still obtained considerable results. 



They were enabled to stock, with young trout 

 artificially hatched, two ponds near their village 

 of Bresse, one of which furnished last year 1200 

 trout of two years old. 



Gehin and Remy estimate at about 50,000 the 

 number of young fish they have put in the 

 Moselotte, a little river of Bresse, which empties 

 into the Moselle, near Remiremont; they have 

 put in practice their mode of stocking in several 

 other localities of the same center, as appears 

 by documents furnished by the authorities of 

 Saulxres, of Cornimont, and of Gerardmer. Be- 

 sides these, M. Kienzi, mayor of "Waldenstein, 

 in the department of Haut Rhin, deputed them 

 to restock the water courses of his commune, 

 and this intelligent official gives assurance that 

 they perfectly succeeded. 



I would add also, that, wishing to render the 

 discovery of the widest public utility, our fish- 

 ermen never made any secret of their processes, 

 but, on the ■ contrary, readily initated any one 

 who desired to undertake similar work. All who 

 have ever had occasion to witness the labors 

 of Gehin and Remy, bestow on them the highest 

 praise. 



I visited their establishment and witnessed 

 some of their experiments. The Society of Emu- 



