Hatching Fish

Ha'ching eggs by artificial hent is vp]l known and extensivoiy prncticed in China, a is nlso tha Intching of fi-h. Th sale ofspnwn for Ibis pupoe forins an Important brancfa of trnde in China, 'l'li fishermpn collect witb care, on ilie margin and Burfdce of the water, 11 tlie gelatinous mal ter that containa spawn fish. j which is then placed in an egg-sliell, whieh Ins beRii empiied ihroogh a email hole, which is iben stupped, and the shell is tlicm placpil undor a sitting fowl. In i a few days the Chinese break the shell n warm water; (vvarmed by thesun.) The yoimg fish are then kept in water unti! they are hrge eniugh to be plneeJ ti a pond. - This plan in some measure counteractstha great destruction ofspswn by trol!-netls, which h-we cruisec! thi?