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food from the larger fish. The proportions recom- 

 mended by Mr. Boccius, who is an authority upon 

 this subject, having written a work upon it, are 200 

 brood carp, twenty brood tench, and twenty brood 

 jack to the acre, the best time of stocking being the 

 end of October; and this, as he points out, is a 

 matter of some importance. 



With regard to the growth of Pike, I have been 

 much astonished, in looking over Mr. Simeon's work, 

 to find the following remarkable statement, which 

 I give literatim. It will be seen that a good and 

 constant supply of fresh water, and that of as warm 

 a temperature as may be reasonably gained, are very 

 favourable matters to the growth of fish. He is 

 speaking of Mr. Maltby's undertaking : — 



"Although both lakes. La Hulpe and Boilsfiit, are 

 fairly well supplied by springs and natural streams, 

 yet he believes the qualities of the waters flowing 

 through them to be different, the sources from which 

 they are derived being distinct. 



" With a view, therefore, of promoting the growth 

 of his fish — a change of water being in his opinion 

 the means which, more than any other, conduce to 

 improve both their size and quality — he every other 

 year transports the smaller fish from Boilsfut to La 

 Hulpe, and vice versd. This he effects by carting 

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