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has excited the interest, and is engaging the attention of 
monarchs and legislators, of men of science, and men of 
commerce, and of the people in general of many countries. 
In Great Britain, as in France, striking results have been 
obtained ; and last year alone, in the fisheries of Lough Corrib, 
in Ireland, 260,000 salmon were artificially hatched ; 350,000 
were brought to life on the borders of the river Tay, and 
nearly the same number in the Dee. 
Coste, known to every physiologist for his researches in 
embryology, has brought his knowledge to bear on practice, 
and has rendered physiology of immediate service and direct 
application. It was at his instigation that the French 
government founded an establishment at Huninguen, for the 
artificial propagation of the choice produce of the Rhine, the 
Danube, and Swiss Lakes; and, in a great measure, it is M, 
Coste we shall have to thank, if those rivers in which choice 
fish had become scarce, are again replenished, and made to 
team with life, valuable to the public, as it is interesting and 
agreeable to the naturalist and sportsman. 
In connection with this subject, we observe that His 
Imperial Majesty the Emperor, has forwarded to Mr. Jonas 
Webb, in acknowledgment of his present of the first prize 
Southdown ram, a handsome candelabrum, of which the 
following description has been given in the public prints : 
“The Emperor of the French has honoured Mr. Jonas 
Webb, of Babenham, with a testimony of his regard, in the 
shape of a splendid silver candelabrum, of the most exquisite 
workmanship. It is in the form of an oak tree, containing 
five burners ; the foliage is of frosted silver, and the acorns 
burnished, giving it, when lighted, an exceedingly dazzling 
appearance. Beneath the tree, are the figures of horses 
grazing, and of a mare and foal. It is an instance of his 
Majesty’s appreciation of the success which has attended Mr. 
Webb’s endeavours to improve the breed of sheep.” 
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