122 Flow to obtain it. 
‘Canada the magnificent river, Restigouche, flowing into the Bay 
of Chaleur, was depopulated, until the catch of salmon by anglers 
was only twenty fish in a season, and the whole commercial yield 
of the river was only 37,000 lb. weight. Hatching was com- 
menced, and the yield in ten years was up to 500,000 lb. 
The United States Fish Commission succeeded in intro- 
ducing salmon (Sa/mo salar) into the Connecticut river, where 
previously it had disappeared for three-quarters of a century. In 
1878 several hundred salmon, from 10 lb. to 15 lb. in weight, 
were caught running up this river, the result of fry planted there 
in 1874. 
A considerable volume could easily be filled with accounts 
of the successful results attending the stocking of waters, and in 
our own country we have many cases in which the most satis- 
factory results have accrued. As I write, by the side of a natural 
trout stream, I can see the trout disporting themselves in numbers, 
nearly every fish in the pool before me being the result of artificial 
culture, whilst in an artificial stream close to, on which are many 
deep and spacious pools, and where the fish are fed, large 
quantities of magnificent fellows up to several pounds in weight 
may at any time be seen. Over the hill in the next valley is an 
artificial lake, which is well stocked with fine trout, nearly all of 
which have been artificially bred, and beyond this other lakes, 
reservoirs, and ponds, all well stocked with magnificent fish. If 
we go further afield we have Loch Leven, the statistics of which, 
extending over many years, are strikingly in favour of fish culture. 
In Wales, too, we have the well-known Lake Vyrnwy, the 
fish supply in which is now kept up by a well-ordered system of 
artificial cultivation. The successful introduction of grayling into 
the Nith and many other rivers is another proof, if any more be 
needed, to say nothing of many Highland lakes which are now 
well stocked with trout, where, in some cases, no trout were 
before. 
Of the success of trout culture there can be no dispute, and I 
maintain that what can be done with trout may be done on a far 
greater and more profitable scale with salmon. That is a point 
about which I am quite convinced, and I would carry it further 
and apply it to many other fishes than those belonging to the 
