96 THE NEW AKT Or BREEDING FISH. 



would not only be possible greatly to multiply sal- 

 mon in all tVie waters natural to them, but to intro- 

 duce and acclimate this large and valuable fish, in 

 many of our streams hitherto without them. For 

 the salmon and the trout also, as well as for many 

 other kinds, the method of G-ehin and Remy appears 

 to be the surest mode of stocking rivers ; but we 

 cannot have recourse to the artificial fecundation of 

 eggs to stock fresh waters of certain kinds, of which 

 the introduction, however, would be of great utility 

 in certain localities. Thus, eels are never caught at 

 maturity with milt or eggs, and these fish seem to be 

 only produced in the depths of the sea, whence just 

 spawned they go in legions innumerable every year, 

 to occupy rivers, where they are known by our fish- 

 ermen under the name of montie. 



To supply brooks and streams needing them, such 

 spawn must be transported, and the operation re- 

 newed periodically ; and M. Coster has shown that 

 this transportation can be easily, effected, even to 

 considerable distances. 



For this purpose it is sufficient to place the 

 young eels in grass kept wet. The experiments 

 which M. Coster is now pursuing at Paris in the 

 laboratory of the CoUege of France, proves that 

 young eels can be fed at small expense, so that they 

 will grow rapidly, and it seems to me that in many 

 marshy places, raising eels would be profitable. 



If I had to treat here of marine fishing I would 

 ask of you, sir, permission to call your attention to 



