The History of Howietoun

Abstract

PROBABLY every one at all interested in fish-breeding has heard the name of Howietoun, and a great many people, especially in Scotland, have some knowledge of the character of the establishment and the operations there carried on. Occasional paragraphs in scientific periodicals, as well as in daily papers, announce some experiment in the artificial stocking of home waters with some kinds of trout or with salmon fry, or some successful exportation of salmonoid ova to America or to the colonies at the Antipodes. The name of Sir James Maitland or of Howietoun very often occurs in such announcements. Those who have given attention to the subject will find much to interest them in the account of the development of his fish-farm, and in the description of its present condition, which Sir James Maitland is now placing before the public. At present we have only the first part of the work, in which the history is brought down to the spring of 1879. A note on the flyleaf informs us that the remaining part will be issued shortly. The present volume is of large quarto size, printed in large type, and liberally illustrated with excellent woodcuts.

The History of Howietoun.

Part I. By Sir J. Ramsay Gibson Maitland, Bart. (Stirling, N.B.: J. R. Guy, Secretary Howietoun Fishery, 1887.)