CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER VIII.—HATCHING THE EGGS. 
Glass grilles—Their cost—Their advantages—Cleaning the hatch- 
ing boxes—The egg-shells—Artificial ova beds—Settling pond— 
Filtering bed—Wire grilles— Destruction of ova left to Nature— 
Advantage of artificial beds—Californian baskets—Repairing 
grilles—Overcrowding—Way of economising space—Compact 
storage box te 
CHAPTER IX.—PACKING AND UNPACKING THE EGGS. 
Ova to the antipodes—The tropics—Various methods—odus 
operandi at the Solway Fishery—Selecting and preparing the 
moss—Its cultivation—Woven fabric—Best time, to pack—Ova 
hatch rapidly on unpacking—Long tone Unpacking 
Washing off the moss—Fully eyed eggs ees 
CHAPTER X.—CARE OF ‘‘ ALEVINS.” 
Word derived from the French—Appearance on first hatching— 
Very helpless at first—Begin to pack—Hides to be avoided— 
Provide lids for the boxes—Structure of ‘‘alevins"—Cleanliness— 
Guard against rats or mice—Water insects—How to detect 
their presence—Cripples—Deformities— Dropsy or blue swelling 
—Constitutional weakness — Fungus—Paralysis— White spot 
—Suffocation—Still waters 
CHAPTER XI.—PonpD LIFE. 
Water full of life—Care required in dealing with it—The rotifera— 
Rules for cultivation—Nature's provision for young fish— 
Daphnia pulex — Cyclops quadricornis— Cypris tristriata — 
-trachnida— Notonecta—Corixa—Gammarus—Dytiscus— Caddis 
worms— Zphemera—Shellfish—Parasites— Saprolegnia 
CHAPTER XII.—REARING THE FRY. 
Commencing to feed—Training—The right kind of food—Time for 
turning out—Z£xtomostraca—Grated liver—Mode of feeding— 
Feeding machines—Shrimp paste—Chopping machine—Transfer 
to rearing ponds—The old plan—The new plan—Floating boxes 
—Ponds to be kept quiet—Cutting the grass— Pond bottoms to 
be kept clean—Earth in ponds—Scum on the water—Fungus— 
Salt—Thinning out the fish 
CHAPTER XIII.—THE YEARLING STAGE, 
Salmonide adapted to cultivation—Rising to the fly—Fish culture 
requires experience—The food of yearlings—Must be properly 
dispensed—Development and selection of stock fish—-Defor- 
mities—Pedigree stock—Sorting—Transit of yearlings—Netting 
—Preparation necessary—Caution to purchasers — Yearling 
nets—Vearlings hold their own against large trout—Two- 
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