20 THE NEW ABT OF BEEEDING FISH. 



say five inches ia diameter and six inches deep. It 

 should be filled one third full of water, and a piece of 

 wood the size of the pot may cover the water to pre- 

 vent its splashing out as the pot is carried from one 

 place to another by the fishermen while at their work. 

 When they take a female fish they should put her 

 eggs in the pot and in like manner put into it the 

 milt from the male fish. Mr. Gehin thinks it unim- 

 portant whether the eggs or the milt be first placed 

 in the pot; that will depend on whether the female or 

 male is first caught. When they have done fishing 

 they should dig a hole in the bed of the current near 

 where they have been fishing, and cover the bottom 

 with fine gravel. Into it they should pour the eggs, 

 which, when fecundated, will drop to the bottom 

 among the gravel like little shot. The hole should 

 then be filled up with little stones and covered with 

 gravel, and incubation will go on and in due time the 

 eggs will be hatched. 



By these means the fishermen, while reaping all 

 the advantage of their illegal trade, will not be in 

 fact doing any injury- to the process of reproduction. 



GENERAL KEMAKKS. 



Mr. Gehin has observed that fish are with diffi- 

 culty acclimated on being taken from one stream to 

 another ; often they die ; almost always they become 

 sterile. But eggs so transported are easily incubated 

 and hatched, and produce fine fish. 



