Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . The occupation of the family was that of collecting and selling river fishesMich as tlic mrp. the eel, and the crucian carp, and of raising gold-fishes, in additionto the ordinary farmers work. As far hack as in the forties of the last century, thehigh price commanded by the suppon seems to have suggested to the father andthe uncle f the present Hattori the desirability of cultivating it. and this idea, oncestarted, seems never to have been lost sight of, although lying in abeyance for a longtime. In L866 the first large turtle was caught, and from then on
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . The occupation of the family was that of collecting and selling river fishesMich as tlic mrp. the eel, and the crucian carp, and of raising gold-fishes, in additionto the ordinary farmers work. As far hack as in the forties of the last century, thehigh price commanded by the suppon seems to have suggested to the father andthe uncle f the present Hattori the desirability of cultivating it. and this idea, oncestarted, seems never to have been lost sight of, although lying in abeyance for a longtime. In L866 the first large turtle was caught, and from then on additions were madeby purchase from time to time, so that in 1868 there were fifteen, and by 1874 thenumber reached fifty, which were all very healthy, with a good admixture of malesand females. In 1*75 these were placed in a small pond of :! tsuhos. with anisland in the center which was intended for the turtles to lay eggs on. , seemed to prefer for this purpose the space between the water edge and the. RIVER (it 1.—Plan I a tiulli farm. outer inclosure; hence, to suit the tastes of the reptile, the pond was hastily modi-fied into a form very much like the one in use at the present day. That year overone hundred young were hatched, but, unfortunately, they were allowed to enter thepond in which the adults lived, and all hut twenty-three of them were devoured,making it evident that some means were necessary to protect them from theirunnatural parents. Thus was gradually evolved the present system of cultivation. In general appearance a turtle farm is at a first glance nothing but a number ofrectangular ponds, large and small, the large ones having a size of several thousandtsuhos. The ponds are undergoing constant modification, being united or separatedjust as need arises, so that their number may vary considerably at different 1 gives the plan of the Hattori turtle farm at Fukagawa as at present laid pass through the farm two small canals whi
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