INDEX. 



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practical advantages of dry method, 

 in ; Russian or dry method more 

 particularly described, 104-109; 

 Seth Green's success in, 105; tem- 

 perature of water suitable to, 115. 

 Inlets and Outlets, directions for, 

 37 ; side channels to, 39 ; size of, 

 39- 



Jack, account of, 251. 



Journeys of Jive fish and eggs, 282. 



Large Trout, account of those 

 caught by G. S. Page, Esq., 227; 

 age of, 226 ; best market for sell- 

 ing, 259 ; best time to kill for food, 

 258 ; daily care, 255 ; experiments 

 in feeding, 225, 327 ; food for, 230 ; 

 how to grow rapidly, 253 ; market- 

 ing, 257; most profitable age of, 258; 

 quantity of food, 254 ; rate of growth, 

 254 : range required, 254 ; size of, 

 226 ; scientific description of, by 

 Storer, 215-217; temperature of 

 water, 254 ; weight, 227. 



Marking Fish, Buckland's directions 

 for marking salmon, 345. 



Meat, place to keep, 42 ; preparation 

 of, 41, 232. 



Meat Grinders, 233. 



Milt, action of, at time of impregna- 

 tion, 102 ; bad effect of water on, 

 107 ; composition of, 102, 107 ; ex- 

 periments with, 107, 324 ; length of 

 time the spermatozoa will remain 

 alive, 107. 



Mink, how to catch, 247. 



Minnows, as food, 230; encourage- 

 ment to cannibalism, 231. 



Mirimichi River, kind of fish found 

 in, 293 ; quantities of fish found, 

 292 ; salmon-breeding establishment 

 on, 3*5- 



Missisquoi River, kind of fish found 

 at, 294. 



Northern New England, table of 

 spawning time of migratory and 

 fresh-water fish, 290. 



Nurseries, description of, So. 



Odds and Ends, 287. 

 Overheating, 206. 



Page, G. S., amount of large trout 

 caught, 227 ; introduction of Russian 

 method of impregnation, 100-109; 

 letter from, 227. 



Patent Carbonized Hatching 

 Troughs, cost of, compared with 

 glass grilles, 308 ; description of, 306. 



Perch Hatching, description of, 

 336 ; description of roe, 337 ; devel- 

 opment of embryo, 337. 



Poachers, 248. 



Ponds, advantage of plank over earth, 

 22, 247 ; avoid overstocking, 238 ; 

 charred, 23 ; compactness of, 20 ; 

 construction of, 18 ; depth of, 24 ; 

 drawing off, 25, 242 ; hiding-places 

 in, 26; location of, 18; material for 

 building, 22 ; mullets in, 245 ; num- 

 ber of, 26 ; repairs to, 25 ; security 

 in, 22; size, 20; shape, 24. 



Quatrefage*s experiments with sper- 

 matozoa and milt of different fish 

 diluted with water, 103. 



Rearing Boxes, alrangement of, 88 ; 

 absence of fixed hiding-places, 86 ; 

 compactness of fish for feeding in, 

 86; completeness in, 84; construc- 

 tion of ponds used as, 89 ; current 

 in, 84 ; form of, 83 ; outside enemies, 

 86 ; overflow in, 85 ; protection 

 against too forcible suction, 85 ; pro- 

 tection against fungus, 88 ; size of, 

 89 ; supply of water in, 88 ; tight 

 joints in, 87 ; water plants in, 90. 



Recapitulation of all principles, 

 270. 



Reservoir, cleanliness in, 48 ; secur- 

 ity in, 47; supply of water in, 47. 



Ripe Fish, appearance of, 114; cau- 

 tion about handling, 116; danger in 

 rough handling, 97 ; how to tell, 113. 



Salmo Egg, translation from Vogt's 

 work on the development of, by F. 

 W. Webber, 328. 



Salmon-Breeding Establishment 

 on the Mirimichi River, account 

 of, 315 ; letter from Mr. Whitcher, 



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 Salt a cure for fungus, 278. 

 Screens, materials for, 38 ; placing 



of, 57 ; slats used as, 38 ; uniformity 



in. 39- 

 Security, the principle inculcated, 6 ; 



necessity for, 7 ; losses caused by 



want of, 8 ; results of want of, 9, 10. 

 Sediment, danger of, 128 ; method of 



removing, 129. 

 Shad, dissertation on, 303. 

 Spawn, dangers to, 125- 132; placing 



the, 123 ; taking the, 93. 



