New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-07
PROPAGATION OF Trout.
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ANTIQUITY oP TIKI ART-ITS DECLINE AND
REVIVAL.

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ANTIQUITY oP TIKI ART-ITs DECLINE AM
REVIVAL.
Pisciculturists Of Europe have traced the arti
Acia propagation Of fish to The Chinese thencemoyin
With empi,e--the Romans paid signal homage to fish
culture pet philosophical pastne for several Of TN
most distinguished ,picuiean Enperors. LucuIlcsth
eourmand who diled Cd peacock's iongues-expendet
very large sums In the formation Of fsh.ponds Som'
Of them he supplied with seawater by means q cana
cut from tie Mediterranean 10 his villa al TuSculum
Sergius Oraia in the time Of Cr1ssns. stocked tht
Lucrine Lake With oysters and derived large revenues
thererom; while the apparatus used in osraculture OF
the Lake Of Fusaro formed the base upon which tie
French have constructed Il cir system Of osracul;uTe
Of tie present day. We recently in the lreaSlr ~
ss Naples. among articles o1bumed rom the ruins Of
Pompeu, glass Of fish eggs in perfect state OF
preservation, though having been put up ls0O years
previously II was Supposed 10 he csyilre but
eecion have been led 10 doub, it, because the eegs
as large as those which belong to the sa.ao 4snss
aEd tie glass vase was similar In shape Ia the bottles
ssed in France by 1shcutarsts to export fecund lied
to oil part' Of the woilt and it is claimed that
1; be preserved FOR years without adding an egg
We know that the eggs have beea slipped first from
France to England, end from thence TO Australia
where they have been hatcbe1botb troa and sa zion
sad we're doing so well that Prof Rsm.botton. who is
the fsh artist of the eLteprs recently expressed sur.
pclse at tho rapldty of their growth, being much
greater than on the British Isles.
From fsh cultuIe in tao most refined par. Of ancie
Rome by the patricans. next trace II TO the Monks
of the mountainsthose men Of sciAsce ind pertinent
who iuveLted da vie tie water Of hfo, commonly
known as brandy--where Don Pincb1c, q monk OF the
abbey RS1ri dyas the inventor Of tie present plan Of
hstching fish In boxes His inventive faculty was
doubtless inspired by the necessity Of providing FIR tie
numerous fasts prescribed by tie Church of Rome.
Afer Father rinefon much time elapsed before lie
art of propagang Gsb Travelled far sRt NEXT di.
covered on its westward march, when N. jacob. q
Eermen In 1863 presented his results OF thirty years
sp9leaiion before the Royal Academy OF Berlin. The
Interest thus excited not suffered 10 die entirely
though tie incredGoCs retarded ito benefits until the
Success Of few philosophical capitalists became 80
patton, 10 all who coBd and read hat FISH. by art
fetal propagation became article of comm
More recently "tle abundant success which attended
Ge institution at Henncen. in which million Of front
have IN single year. been hached old reared" so in
teIested the men OF science throughout Europe that
ssvant u France reported II to tie French Mnistr OF
gricultnTe and Commerce in February, lsi3, accom-
panied with the following comments: Fish culture,
which had obtained among the ancieBts 30 high de-
gree Of perfection is own days. fallen to such
tate Of decadeDce that IL is scarcely reekoned among