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upon the nature of the ground, but in any case it is desirable to 
remove as little of the original sod as may be practicable. 
Should no digging out be required for the purpose of deepening 
or enlarging the pond, let the material for the embankment be 
obtained, as far as possible, anywhere but from the pond bottom. 
A moderate quantity of material may be taken from the deep end 
of it near the embankment, as a matter of convenience, if desired, 
but that is all. The object of this is to preserve the original soil 
and sod, so that on the filling of the pond it may remain 
undisturbed and form the bottom, and where this is done, and 
the water properly stocked at the right time by means of ova, fry, 
or yearlings, I dare prognosticate a most encouraging result. 
There are many striking instances of the success attending 
the stocking of such waters, but the following will suffice. In 
May, 1884, 5,000 Loch Leven trout fry were put into Whitley 
Reservoir, near Wigan. The reservoir contained no fish and had 
been filled some time, and the water was consequently in 
excellent condition. On October 8th, 1886, the following 
appeared in the Wigan Examiner :— 
“TROUT IN THE WHITLEY RESERVOIR.” 
“To the Editor of the Wigan Examiner.—Sir,—It may be 
interesting to some of your readers to know the particulars of an 
experiment to introduce Scotch trout into this water, and more 
especially so as several references to the matter have appeared in the 
papers. Inthe month of April,* 1884 . . . . I purchased 5,000 
Loch Leven trout from the Solway Fishery, Dumfries, N.B. 
The trout reached Wigan in good condition, and . . . . were 
put into the reservoir immediately . « Out of the 5,000 fish I 
have at different times taken, as specimens, six fish only. The first of 
these I caught early in the spring of this year, and it weighed thirteen 
ounces, while the last caught weighed two pounds six ouncest—truly a 
wonderful growth in so short a time. The six fish, when taken, had 
been feeding apparently entirely upon a species of shell fish which 
abounds inthe pond . . . Yours truly, 
‘* CHARLES APPLETON.” 
Along with the newspaper cutting I have quoted I received 
the following :— 
* The fish were sentin May. + Large numbers were afterwards taken, 2 |b. to 3 lb. 
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