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why u is that the U.sses ssatss Fssh cs-
,.issicn VIII Not Gsvs Away thsir EGGS.

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p.isstcn win Not aavs Away thefr Hggs.
Evsry now and then some one applies 10 thu
Fish Commission at Washington for CON
siGnment OF sels' eggs wherewtth to stock q
pond or stream. The request In invArfably re'
fused. not because there is any intention to DC
disoblginG. but for the reason that nobody In
this world knows whether esis lay eggs or not
II they do. man has never behsld them, and y
get hold OF any is quite out OF the question
In case you want to establish cells In your
water preserves. you can buy young ones BY
the paiful at cheap rate. and they will grow
big enough to eat or send to the market within
three years.
1t may fairly be said that the eel ~ to its
breeding. 10 tho most mysterious animal In
existence. Its method Of propagation has puz-
zled science for centuries and has boon sub
ject Of more or less superstitious speculation
among many peoples for thousands OF years.
Tho ancient Egyptians had their own theories
respecting tho matter Some authorities have
contsnded that cells grew up from horse hairs.
which In soms strange manner became vital
lied. Others have held that they were eener-
ated spontaneously from slime. while others
still have Rravely advanced the belief that they
similar sxavis Of wstsr. snakes. That cells
mate with water snakss is very generally Ac. Ac
Who I get their IivinE from the water, However.
GUS other flshes. The sardinian fishermen
sIs ttss WA @steT Ss.sl: Es!sR II. .sssSa j.
the prosenitor Of the eel
% Ss sSs ss ss as = se ss
,ssi scaae 'Es IL ss.rs
ike tie shsd, issvs Is. ocean to spawn in 4 ssn
water .treams. but this curious and slippery
ss ds; g. the
i6s riy:Ts inland; ob;ssolss spssf;:nty n:uT; i.
upon dry land u order to get around an OBJ
itor at Niagara who descends beneath the great
sheet Of water at the foot Of ths falls VIZ see see
i wsns M bs q Ssrs RI ;%s
them 70 get oyer fhe falls. and thus Il happshs
nnti they we're planted in the latter body Of
vfss a,.hh'':!y y:.s must 90 to tn. So. in
not to multiply a. sll when placed II ponds
iRsy Viii i saoW pspdy and IS hsatSn
% little to purchase young ones BY the ousn:
s viz ss
a ss i;sns Ss:s ss @ ss
!urs' II % and tsaui!e no !oskins out for or Howsss5
In rivers like the Susquehsnns, where gill
nets are used eels are very undesirable: tts
not unusual. upon hauling the nots in that
stream a and In q hers further south. to find that
riads Of the ,eauirming robbers. which have
been found advantageous by the Fish Com-
mssiop 70 GIHni esIs IN ths upper great lakes
Introduced verE succs sssipiiy In aliiornia.
nssly al other Ths only Ss adherence ~ G is
that they deposit them IA the sea. instead Of
eel dies soon after she has spawned. For .
couple Of centuries past Efforts have been
organs OF generation In male and female cells.
T. only Il. to shs d
hratsd. Dr. virchow OF Berlin published an
advertisement for female eel bearing eggs,
%ns sbor a. Bs Bszsd for the
Ro.tor received such enormous, auanti-
ties OF GELS in packages that =, the
affair became became quite serious: 10 many thou
were consiensd to him that Il was an imper.
tapt question how to got rid Of the material.
and one q the comic papers s1RRested that
smoked. The best way to COOK seis is to cut cut
skinned properly. din. them 10 egg. roll the
piecee in crumbs and fry them. But there Il
Bones b % should be taken % out before tho S attempt %
10 made to bite them through.