Excerpt from Fish in Rivers 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 In 1841 a short Treatise on Fish-ponds issued from the press, giving an account of many years' observations of the present writer: it was intended to show the advantages which water-owners might easily derive from judicious treatment in improving the breed and breeding of fresh-water fish, and the large amount of good they might do to the community at large by the great quantity of wholesome food they might bring into the markets of both town and country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.