, 1877-06-16

Eyanzn under Col. Gordon, Is at Cairo, pre-
pairing FOR M expedition to tho Equatorial
Lake, on T. us sent s viii %
Will study On tho route lilo mctcorouEy, untlru-
rotogy, and natrrn! history Of the country
taklns. views Of the most interesting objects by
tho way.
F1sIt-CULTU1E.
At Tho April meeting Of tho Chicago Academy
OF Sciences, Prof. Albert D. unycr read tho fol-
lowing Interesting paper on f!sll'culture:
snAp (ALosA sAfID1ss1MAl.
cord IT, IT, drnttsd r ed Fesolution a Mhieh waa
adopted by ths New Hampshire Legislature ihcn Il.
,e'r;on aakine tug toye'nosr q ti.H ssvera, Nsw.
of restocking tho ccnnccscnt snl alerstnac Hivera
@ pro1 10 1s si we se ts sa
dams were built, Since then. salmon had entirely
dissepea5sa. and slad wero very scarce. n both
pointed. and un,ler thclr direction, In tic summer
Of 1867, a succcestul experiment waa made 1T
yoke. Mass. From that and subsequent expert.
ments many facts havo been clcIted, to which
esy ya 5 ses ta.y oo.pe BY ,eu,
pressing sts sldes of riu a aso ncSi I thes thsa ana.
onentng TIM osa Thsn r.t pressed ass aecld md
toash afte1 bans btouK no eontset = Viz III
Tho inllt Of the lnate haI. and gently stirred In
fhey s0d a s se easy sHys
by night anil touch. Aftcr iii. praeoss 81 I'm
psttsnatloo thS e:ss a,s double Tic We thsy were
deposited in tho hatehlng. boxes. Ths latchinv.
eox Ia nbont two feet long ons foot dccp, and onu
about tssnsy-aix meslles to the inci. '''s~ '''
Thcae boxes nru anchored In lilo river, whe,o
nsats aro ts n 40 .at te watsr a' str!kes tsn IN
ss' ss s;s ,a; VI Al 5 50ss asss "a tss g.
water. ere kept IN nutIou, anI constantly sna-
tic orn from "r,pc" sha,l will coyer tho bol.
tom OF A hatch!n9.b"x. md number about 20. 600.
70 aseetta!n !hls, We dHd Tho sFFsf arcFsao from
II erat cs rfaec. iin" ,ake ~ IN @ Inch, " sixsyf
VII cover s4na.o inch. and u. ta VIII cover TWO
sqSare feet II It rrgntrcs nnn to make an Inch In
length, eighty Que will cover kqasEc tAcn, md
81 .t.s Will be rcYulrud to corcr two square {cet.
Or The toltoln Of tic boz. Twenty thousand scouis
ri,e tenpcf,,ais 9, t'.c water required ter, .ne.
Se;,fa' s,aa ~. asehins L. about 70 dss Fnh'sn-
es an below ~ sH tho
tempctnsute uf y! deg; hut The Development Is
y so Fl 5eaS pet: J, sS IT, 'Ssse "a wsos
,I s.I9 des y about .hFes aay:. As 10 dee. they
ihs s.,eI!;cn sack. from which The young try 4
mote ,l,an kalf an Inch IN length, ato obliged 10
sess thr,r own food. a. no ono has been ahle 10
Fhpp'J HAt &lEJ uNA all uuuNV"
nnec VI minute, forms. Of lsfe in Tho river
wu!rr. In evident from ,hclr ,nnnner of
.er9o q sse Sai unsl .ip saa.sss s.oTs s
caught VIII ''ne He.het net !. lot Of i'll tSr ths
twenty yuung .had. Ths.s could not i.sss been been
inoto than six weeks ala. and yet come Of then.
IN they arc a6ous Tires chss long, when shcy re-
TO- tio sca Az .hs ,on,S s!ad lcsys tha Connect.
bnlt NAtEf Ill 1hEy tN.CuUlN Nsh II
essential to ts raod rrw.n il not iadoca ths ss. *.
letsnee: o. ~ anadson,',as ash, thal they 50 %
ts dsiice M Il III. e. t.: IT,, 'fs liz 'p1s ea
stS sss d E.sie. 'As To- sss! assr, sup'fa IT,,
Srns s, s,!msn sna @ s fsd theu. IN b.. Bonds and
jo+cph t;.~Itcio%, u Airmieai. ' n H., i. ia isGs
caught lo Of salmon In September, pnt thsm into
aud t1ptrsseh the spawn fro,n then. II Soscmber,
ana put them hack with hope 10 Keep !heu ihsfs
in the pund, the salmon woaki rot eat sn.l most
81 ,hSm bcca,,e @ inrss sxeletons tle next summer,
and died! rhs oihera ha turned into shs RIVER aud
ItAppesrs, therefore, that tho sea ia tho home Of
~ n,GtuFs auadronous ash. aud that The onsy
r4s q thrse !'.,' viii not hslen % sait water.
ssgy sss.s sss" sas stss
where Il" obttAcles pscyent, will return to tbcif
HAtiFc hpANtlEk DC, b 10 ueFUat $heIfufA. In con-
tie It. John. River, Florida, arc unlike these OF
shs conneet!eut md other Northern ,r,yers, and
mature eafler They entct the river about thu 1T
the tonucetitut, they appcas ia May, and We took
tneln lant summer In August, tW9 saw sonlu At
Boutis In Octuter.j
a. Before stated. tho nrst ARTIFICIAL hatehing in
the tnnncctlcat was In tho summer af 1917. Tery
lew kanl weto IN the htrean, during that and tho
ncat two Year,. n lhe aprng VI 1910 tha river WAS
literally u!ivo with shAd. Such haus ~ wcse n,adc
ttvt tStt wh,Ir rihr
thority Of frof. j. +. laird. iii IN tbs all
Of May, ~ saybrook, COM. 9. 200 shad wers
sSsa ss y 'a t.. ony ns .: gSund aua =. another
sinslo hsuss Thcsu Wers evideuily Tho SINUS ash
thai had bcch astlucally hstchcu thIuu years be.
tyre al lloltoke. No shaa eutcked the THAMES,
showing thai thesg were not stragsles., willing 10
enter any stream, but uattss OF tho Eonnect.
ieut and gu the,s way 10 .thelE native
tIs 14st that It rcuulfes three yesrs
for yhAa 10 nlsturu; and also that artificial propa.
CATION Of fish, II properly conducted, can bs made
Asueceaa.
No. nore than 8 per cent Of impseenated eexs
PLACED In Matching boxes fail to hatch under u.
binary clscuustAncxa- tndcr favorable clEeun..
stances, the prteentagu Of Loss u csen lras than
!lls.. haSe sscu box contain!ng 20. QUO cygsr
tn which there Wan not dead one, on tha oi6eE
haud, Ills probable tnat not per cent " tho rggs
dryusItsd by tAs hsh naturally, pvrF hatch. a
!atss peseeatazs probably 50 pe. cent, % not b.
t11cr-fv etc. or Killed by muddy water nna
other fat1! surroundings.
lhe sdu!t shad !, very tender lsh,-so easily
ri hs viii moi !ss Il tatnsa baeE into tic river.
We often triad Lust sumner " keep them alive by
putting theu, i1to wafer: lnt, anomalous u 1t mar
slpcar. they did live ~ Long ~ aons DID that w