FISH

IN

RIVERS AND STREAMS.

PRINTED BY EDWARD NEWMAN,

DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE, LONDON.

FISH

IN

RIVERS AND
AND STREAMS:

A TREATISE

ON THE

PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISH
IN FRESH WATERS,

BY

ARTIFICIAL SPAWNING, BREEDING
AND REARING:

SHOWING ALSO

THE CAUSE OF THE DEPLETION OF ALL RIVERS
AND STREAMS.

BY GOTTLIEB BOCCIUS.

LONDON:

JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1848.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD VISCOUNT MORPETH,

LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER OF HER MAJESTY'S WOODS AND FORESTS,

THE FOLLOWING

TREATISE

IS, BY PERMISSION,

HUMBLY DEDICATED:

IN ADMIRATION OF HIS ZEAL FOR THE NATIONAL WELFARE,

AND THE INTEREST HE HAS TAKEN IN PROMOTING

THE HEALTH OF TOWNS:

SOME IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENTS IN THE MEASURES OF WHICH WILL

MATERIALLY FORWARD THE OBJECTS OF THIS TREATISE

BY HIS OBEDIENT, HUMBLE SERVANT,

GOTTLIEB BOCCIUS.