March 1, 1904.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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dnp to the dpplh of at least 8 fpet from your w tpr 
lev-il and at least 2 yood sizii (3 f H cUe|.) v ells 
(«•! eie it)ili<-uttd). Tl'ere nnisi of cuine b- h good- 
siZiid i tikf and (liotioin. >{ the -c-jw) oi ;.let; 
pipe.", Hr.fi the stew iLseli Hlicaid he caiTied over 
wii li Vr ut-h I h^tch iif ihc- pjiia-- deK-ripii ) aa lew 
ci'vers. Ni>. 4 pond and tlie tha'i hintr elioiiU. be 
rh-i-ed at leusl 4 feet frtni the Ui[> of llie 1 J, k 
aid bmuuhi CHI (allies aiid i^td-) ai h-ast two fe?t} 
b;"oi.d •,hev^te ilsi If. This sew poiid bIiouM 
ti ke, peiTD I tiy and c jniiQu "d'^ly, a: leas. 4) 
p ;r criiD fl-h. One t oiiSiUi<i per eaidi potinci i f Us 
w ei>ilii' i ' co'it ideied an averai.'e number of ities 
ti* be dei'dsi e l hy a spawidnt; fi-li (Ton ) v\ lich 
d les iiot weig-i ie-a hau one pouiii! ; pirsiai unu; 
your female iiew-tih t<> a'-r.^e thiee po'iiids 
each ilii-i wmild jiive you 6'l,C0:l e^ys per ;.uiaim, 
really alori}; e-timite Vo i.iiempi to haich out 
such a number next season ( iii'l there i« no leasoii 
why «n atiCiiipc next season siiouM not be made) 
would nquue a considerable addition to the 
num'ier t.f your pre-ei t ha^chiIlt^•b^xes, trays, 
fi J -boxes, etc., anil possibly woulij etitail an tti- 
largtmeniol your ha^cheiy-bu'lding j; =e f. t lo 
not. pri-soiue tiere, remenilier, to deal ivi h yo'ir 
losse'* on baie.iinf; our, this Dumber of ova. 
Lo-i-ei occur in 'Jie best ie>;nlaied hnti heries a i<l 
you must, pieasf fjuess o* Ctlcuiiie thein youiself, 
hiving rega'^d 1 1 this occasioii. L 'Ss^a with ctre 
ii: haichinj; ovF such as you would prodi;ce irt ui 
V gorou- chjser (aiei t tish aie t ot exc< sf-ive ; sr.y 
h iw the losses would be nothirg cnip.i.red wuii 
tiie en rnious It-sses you get (you h ive seen i he 
fi>{ures) on ovi supplied from EiiKiaQfi shipved 
aud tranRported here and whie.h cost your clab 
laipe sums of lumiey. You would of tiere-sny 
have to m-tke the filterinj; fiy-porda 
and as to the same I wotil i aiijg st No. 1 poi d 
ba dag out and cousidf laiily deepened 
gay to e'ljiht feet fiotn the top of the fry pond 
bank, or 6 feet, frjni water level and divided into 
3 ponils wiih'2 frood-siz'd wells where indicated 
and these must be of course be intake atid ( it 
bottom) ouilet pipes and this pond and all the 
other fiy ponds should he thatched ovci as siigiies- 
ted in case of the stew pond No 2 pond should 
be similarly (\a^ into, deepened and tre^ited and 
divided into two. and t he same reniai ks ( xcept as 
division) apply to No 3 pond. Ti'is le ives you ("O 
use an expiession) No 4 ^Jond. There i-< not tlie 
slijjhtest reason why this pond slioiiid not he 
utidz-^d in the future as in the preset. t to snpply 
water to the ha'cherie.s «hen the strea n is mufi' y 
and in adiliiioa to be used as fi fry p^ n I wlien fi nsr 
at il oeep*-ned — sny 8 'eet fioni tlie to|i )l 'he hai k 
or 6 leel from thesuifuce i f the w-iier level {' ilo 
not propose a divisioi ) with at leasi tli ee wt'.l- as 
indicated. The dui tiut siuffwnuld g)toloini a 
sfrong ihiee feat wide bank iiund tl)e ;dde of this 
pond, and tile present thatch shonM ret lain but he 
raised above the It-velofihe new biink at least 3 
feet, atiil well b'onght out over the water, at 
sides and ends, It yon \v;ll by and jye kindly 
give nie the exact dimensions (with ci I ic f?et of 
waiei ) which your abi.ve fry ponds vill lespee- 
tively contain I will write you h^-reifter from 
\ England .sayiu-i how many fry y..u i o .y safely 
I put ID each pond, I cannot with certainiy deier- 
' mine atui I h-ive no iiuthoiiiie.< to guit e lu^" now. 
but routrl.ly I C'lK ulate that alter your 6.',0 0 
em.'s are h.itched out (I do not propf,«e to doid 
liere with hatching losses) and 60,0: 0 fiy are in 
your big boxes ready from the big poiids yi.,u could 
Btock your bip ponds as follows :— 
No 1 pond (three divisions) 4 5^0 
No 2 „ two ) 5 ij()t) 
No 3 ,, no divisions ) 4 <iOO 
No 4 „ „ „ ) 6,000 
and *his w.')u:d leave you about 40 000 fry in hand. 
Q'lie^e I uud:rsrnnd could be sent to the virions 
odif-r \'\u pon J" belonging to the members of your 
Clnb. OI t liiit g this ^^he spi^wn itself could he seiib 
to Ilie idgl ei pans of your varions s rCiims and 
iheie de|/C-iied in chosen gravsi bed < and subse* 
qnerjily ^^£.tell d and piodneed. Of course 
the item of thj renni-ire outlay for the 
comi>ieiioc of all the above is one yoa 
can detail tine Sar better thm I can, neai y 
all my -uc re-Mio?is involve no ma eiial cash - out- 
lay and iovolve.s only eooly labour and wages, 
and 1) i)ad'y sfieakini; T should think that an ex- 
peii'lilure ot two.'lii'ds ti e money I undHrsiand 
your C-nU h^s in ha' d would cover everything and 
leave your Oliib in i lie Dosition next season hand, 
somely funl er lo stock youi own waters ami make 
a .coNsnl.'r lb e piofir from sale of yearling fry 
(ie:ir'y 8 nu tiths fi^) wnd c.')Mtii''U"ions fr uii o'her 
sou ces. [ shou'd esiit'ciaily aitvis<j ?oiir si..ew to 
m ide on I of I. no.; and stocked foit} of hni d and wiih- 
ont delay v:ith 40 iars^e trout (20 niiile and fninale). 
T^ieie is no betier time 'haii the pre--ent month f-ir 
CEteiiing your large troui in stream or lake and 
besides th's procedure is otherwise nece-sary for 
your large tish (y-u have I uiiderstand a great 
min\) wil: dtirint! rliis niontli take a leriible toll of 
yriur smaller fish ( lou ) a loss to be grjtvely coa- 
sid -red, Again it takes Ki inbow trout — tlie wildest 
of all trout tribes— a long time (matiy months) 
to be ace imati'^ed or rather aceusiomed 'o a stew 
and to get them even fairly riocil^', If your put 
this 1 flF for till some two or three months before 
next breedirig si-ason you will p.obably fail entirely! 
lii using the, expression trout in ihis letter I have 
referred alone to Kainbow Trout. You appear 
to think locally Kainbow trout is the better sort 
of trour, to propagate — better than Loch Levin or 
Brown Trout ; bur we in England, as to species, 
are of a lotaiiy ditfareat opinion,— Yours faithfully 
(S.gned.) H. E. Murly, 
The Secretary, Ceylon Fishing Club, Nuwara 
Eliya. 
Mb. G. B. LEECHM.^N'S VISIT TO THE 
iM.ALAY STATES. 
Mr (i B Leechnian. who left some time ago 
on a visit to the Malay .States, returned by 
the ss 'S'Ch>en' recotitly. Iti conversation 
with our representative Mc Leech man 
said he went ptu cipally to see the Malay 
States. On reaching I'enaiig he found the 
railway was f)peti tlirotigh the Penin-ula 
— it h.is now entered tlie Johore State and it 
is expecte'l to opnn to Singapore practically 
in two oi' three years time; so. instead of going 
by steamer to Purt Sweitenhani as he had 
intended, he went through the Peninsula by 
rail. He found 
A VERY FINK RAILWAY STSTKM 
running thioiigh the Peninstila, flanked hy 
trunk ro.ids qn te tqn.il to V7i:.it we have in 
Ceylon. The c-joit li^ ot the Malay States are 
very interesting. T iiping, .he c.ipi'tal of Perak 
is a beautiful town, but in his opinion the 
most attractive town was Kuala Lumpor, the 
