CONTENTS. 



Introduction, page. 



Artificial Propagation of certain kinds of Fish, 17 



Treatment of the Eggs after fecundation, 22 



Transportation of the Eggs, 28 



Transportation of Fish, 33 



Report on Artificial Fish Culture, by M. Milne Edwards, 35 



Report on Artificial Fish Culture, by M. Costa, : 55 



Comment, 67 



Growth of Fish ,. 70 



The Construction of Bonds, 74 



Brook, or Speckled Trout, 80 



Grystes Nigricans ; or Black Bass, 105 



Grystes Megastoma ; or, Large-Mouth Black Bass, 108 



Labrax Multilineatus — White Bass, sometimes called White Perch .111 



Centrarchus Hexacanthus — Grass Bass — Roach, 113 



Centrarchus ^Eneus — Rock Bass, 116 



Common Pickerel — Esox Reticulatus, 118 



Perca Flavescens — Yellow Perch 121 



Pomotis Vulgaris — Sun Fish, 123 



Anguilla Auctorum — Eel, 125 



Conclusion, . . 129 



Appendix , 135 



