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was taken before the trout were stripped and with a 

 scale which might not be regarded as entirely accurate, 

 but approximately so. Some of these trout had appar- 

 ently dropped part of their eggs before being captured : 



Total for 29 trout 31 6% 38,580" 



My estimate given below is not as large as this, but 

 Mr. Titcomb gives figures from a record, while mine, 

 written before I saw his, is merely an estimate such 

 as would be given ofifhand in reply to a question. 



The flow of water in a hatching trough should be 

 about 100 gallons per hour for each 10,000 eggs. 



If the work is distant from a hatchery there should 

 be troughs. or trays for developing the eggs as they 

 are taken. These will be treated in another chapter. 

 In gathering eggs in streams on Lojig Island my men 



