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    LXIV.—NOTICES OF BOOKS. '

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    —? - . Fish-Culture: A Practical Guide t...

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    Lxiv.—Notices Of Books. '

    LXIV . —NOTICES OF BOOKS . '

    —? - . Fish-Culture: A Practical Guide T...

    —? - . Fish-Culture : A Practical Guide to the Modern System of Breeding and Rearing Koutled Fish 2 . Farring By Francis don Street Francis . . London : [ Routledge , Warne , and

    This is a book , , which , must possess an _interest , not only for the pr esp ovision ecial s lover in gen of eral fish , should but for be every cheap person and plentiful who desires ; since th an at

    influence abundance the supp de l fi y ci of enc the y rest of , an y d a larg er tic consum le mus p t ti more on of salm or less on and cod thus tend to keep down the prices of beef and mutton . leisurein

    offering But is indeed beyond them rather this a new a the revival and work most than appeals interesting a discovery to all occupation who the art have . having Pisciculture b ,

    - : practised wards followed , it _apj > b ears the , from [ Romans time immemorial ; and _subsequentl , "by the y Chinese by the ; . monks aftery

    in the Middle Ages ; but having long fallen into disuse , was rediscovered in our own time by two poor but intelligent French

    fishermen , who , never having heard of the labours of their p under redecessors consideration , may be . said The to attention have reall of y the invented French the Government system now

    made having and been an c establishment alled to the success called into of their being operations at _Himinguen , a gran near t was the

    [ Rhineless for the purpose of actually hatching fish , than to furnish over F , rance a supp and ly of even ready to fecundated other parts ova , of which _EurojDe are . sent Mr thence . Francis all

    justly urges , the importance of establishing a similar institution in for thi and s hatching country advice to , could as enable a be sch obtained the ool of pisciculture licants on application dul where y to , carry as eggs well in out as a proper the information process state ,

    which is much more simple app / than might be supposed . The author - difficult says < i Peop on this astonish le are point ing a — pt to and consider precarious the operation hatching . of It fish is - natur ova al a very that

    ances they real difficulty should are , of do the in so simp the , as , matter lest the kind _xorocess ; with . any Indeed the is one new aid can , I to of would compass them cheese . undertake But it . late there The to and app hatch is no

    lia hundred young salmon a -pa tumbler of water . " "We believe that since this was printed the author has almost

    show literall wh y at accomp could lished be done the feat such suggested limited , but of liances course excep would t hardl just to y very app

    be adopted . A full descri , ption , however , is given of a very simple apparatu small s , l taking of water up but and little able room of , needing beinmade but a as comparativel tasteful in y capg

    appearance suppy as the owner , may desire , by means of which the ova of

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1863, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081863/page/50/