80 THE NEW ABT OP BREEDING FISH. 



more prudent to supply them only with young living 

 prey of auch a kind as formerly described. 



PERIODS 



OF SPAWNING OF CERTAIN KINDS OF FISH WHICH EEFKODDCK Dt FHiSH 



WATEK. 



NAME OF THE 8PECTE3. TIME OF SPAWNING. 



Salmon (Sahno SeUar), From November to February. 



Salmon HncH {S. Sucho), April and May 



Trout (S. Fario), From October to February. 

 Common Ombre {S. Thymallm), April and May. 

 Ombre Chevalier (S. Umbla), February, March and April. 



Lavaret {S. Wartmanni), August, September and October. 



Feb A {Coregonus Fera), January and February. 



Shad {Clitpea Alosa), March, April and May. 



Pike {Fsox Litceus), February, March and April. 



Carp (Cyprinm Oarpio), From May to September. 



Bream (C Brema), End of April and May. 



Gibele (C. Oibelio), May, June and July. 



Tench (O. Tinea), June and July. 



Peeoh (Perca Fluviatilis), March, April and May. 



Ifote — ^The periods indicated in this table, varying, according 

 to places and climates, must not be considered as fixed, but as 

 terms, consideiing which it is possible to guess pretty nearly the 

 times at which the eggs of the different species will be likely to 

 hatch by artificial means. 



In the year 1850, the attention of the French 

 Government being called to the discovery by the 

 two fishermen, Gehin and Eemy, of a mode of arti- 

 ficial fish culture, the Minister of Agriculture and 

 Commerce appointed a member of the French Aca- 

 demy, a distinguished savant, M. Milne-Edwards, to 

 examine into the whole subject, and make a report. 



