CHAP TEs. TE. 
CHIEFLY HISTORICAL. 
Frank Buckland—His prophecies—Their fulfilment—Troutdale Fishery— 
Introduction of black bass and American trout—Solway Fishery commenced—Its 
progress—Nocturnal adventures—Discovery in Germany by Golstein—Jacobi— 
Gehin and Remy—M. Coste—Huningen—Gremaz—German progress. 
[_TTERATURE tells us of the fish culture of the olden times, 
the esteem in which fish were held by the ancient Greeks and 
Romans, the ponds of the monks in Great Britain, and how the 
Chinese ingeniously collect the spawn of fishes on bundles of 
sticks and mats placed in the water, and how it is sold in their 
markets. On some parts of the Continent, too, fish are taken 
alive to market, and those which are not sold are taken back and 
returned to their pond living and well. 
As a pioneer of fish culture in this country there is no more 
honoured name than that of the late lamented Frank Buckland. 
How well I remember, some thirty years ago, listening to his talk 
about trout and salmon, and their ova, and reading his book on 
“Fish Hatching,” published in 1863. More than a quarter of a 
century has rolled away since those days, and it is exceedingly 
interesting to look back and see how largely the work has 
developed since that time, often progressing under considerable 
difficulties, until it has reached its present magnitude. 
Frank Buckland said of fish culture that it promised “to be 
eventually the origin or increase of revenue to private individuals, 
a source of national wealth, and certainly a great boon to the 
public in general.” 
The first portion of the prophecy has been fulfilled; the 
second is only waiting to be so, as soon as our Government will 
