102 THE NEW AET OF BKEEDING FISH. 



through the ponds which they have dug along the 

 Ehone and Khine canal. 



It only remains to profit by the experience and 

 devotion of which they have, during two years, 

 given so many proofs, and to place in their hands 

 sufficient means to transform the precarious arrange- 

 ments due to their perseverance into a veritable 

 establishment, where, as in the best regulated 

 manufactories, the working details are ample and 

 ready. 



The locality which they have chosen, is admira- 

 bly well adapted to their purpose : a stream of fresh 

 water, clear as crystal, runs from the foot of a shel- 

 tering hillock on a common of several acres, and then 

 branches off into smaller streams. This so well fitted 

 to fish-hatching, especially of trout and salmon, could 

 be easily turned into a vast breeding establishment. 

 It would be only necessary to substitute for the sieve- 

 boxes hitherto used (which offer obstructions and be- 

 come less and less permeable), simple plates placed 

 longitudinally in parallel partitions, which will divide 

 the stream into narrow drains more or less numerous, 

 through which the water wiU flow with some degree 

 of rapidity. These drains intended to receive the 

 eggs, will be cut at intervals so as to form a succes- 

 sion of falls, in order to hasten the course and give 

 an airing to the water, and produce conditions mo^ 

 favorable to the end in view. Each one of these 

 drains should be extended in a meadow, without 

 being confounded with the others, and finish by en- 



