70 THE NEW ART OF BREEDING FISH. 



young salmon, the young that came from them were 

 small enough to be easily swallowed by the salmon, 

 and many persons have beheld with me the young 

 salmon darting at them the moment they appeared 

 from the egg. Often they would even eat the mem- 

 brane or shell of the egg from which the young had 

 been hatched. 



I do not hesitate, then, to recommend this kind 

 of food as the one most suitable, most resembling 

 that obtained in a state of nature, and best adapted 

 to the appetite of young salmon. And, besides, it is 

 simple and easy, for it only requires the artificial fe- 

 cundation of eggs, not alone of pike but of other 

 kinds of white fish of little value, and the hatching 

 of them either in separate boxes, or even in those 

 containing the young they are to find. 



Another living prey which young salmon and 

 trout appear to relish greatly, consists of almost mi- 

 croscopic Crustacea, of the species cyth^re, cypres, 

 and Cyclops, etc., which can be found in great abun- 

 dance, particularly in spring, in all stagnant waters. 

 They can then be taken in such quantities as to 

 serve as the chief food for very young salmon. These 

 microscopic Crustacea, always in movement in the 

 water, are for young salmon and trout an attractive 

 , food, they seek with avidity and thrive upon. 



Lastly, very small, newly-hatched earth-worms, 

 are also a prey for which young salmon and trout 

 have a predilection ; but it is not always easy to pro- 



