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water, and I was enabled to keep the water up to the right temperature 

 until we reached Toano, where I got another supply. At Wells, I think 

 it was, another engineer drew off boiling-hot water from the engine. 

 This took some time, for the water ran very slowly, as it was mostly 

 steam that came out. I could not have gotten enough hot water in this 

 way had not; the train made a stop of 15 or 20 minutes for breakfast. 



" In this way I got through the night without letting the temperature 

 fall below G2° j of course, it kept me almost constantly at work." 



On Monday, at daylight, I joined the car again, and was quite appalled 

 to hear of the dangers that had been passed the night before. 



The water in the cans now stood at G3° ; we were on a descending 

 grade ; the sun was quite warm ; and by 10 o'clock, at Carlin, Nev., 

 we had the water up to GG°. The sun and air grew warmer, and by noon 

 the temperature in the cans rose to 70°. We had now descended 1,600 

 feet, and it was so warm that we began to use ice again to cool the water. 

 I did not allow myself, however, to be deceived by appearances, but 

 telegraphed ahead to Humboldt for hot water. I also telegraphed to Mr. 

 Throckmorton, of the California fish-commission, for a supply of ice 

 and river- water at Sacramento, on the arrival of the train. 



We reached Humboldt at half past G the same day, Tuesday, July 1, 

 and took on 8 gallons of hot water and 30 gallons of cold water. The 

 water, which was from a spring, was very good indeed, and had a tem- 

 perature of G5°. In three hours more, to our great consolation, we began 

 climbing the Sierra Nevada, with all the bad water left behind us and 

 only good water before us. We were also now only fourteen hours from 

 Sacramento City. We had both hot water and ice on board, and the fish 

 were in splendid condition. We therefore had great hopes of bringing 

 them through safely. 



The rest of the journey was comparatively free from anxiety or danger, 

 or any marked events. About sunrise on the morning of Wednesday, 

 July 2, our last day, we crossed the summit of the Sierra Nevada, and 

 began descending the Pacific slope into California ; the water in the cans 

 now standing at 65° to G6°. At 9 o'clock we took on 20 gallons of good 

 water, with a temperature of 60°, at Alta, Cal., and arrived at Sacra- 

 mento City at half past 1 Wednesday afternoon, with the shad as fresh 

 and lively as when they left the Hudson Eiver a week before. It seemed 



like a miracle ! 



At Sacramento, we met Mr. Throckmorton, and took on the ice and 



water which he had provided at the depot. 



At 20 minutes past 2 we took the California and Oregon cars up the 

 Sacramento River, in company with Mr. John G. Woodbury, the Cal- 

 ifornia State fish-warden, and, after several changes of water and no mis- 

 haps, arrived at Tehama, Tehama County, California, about 9 o'clock in 

 the evening. In a few minutes we were at the river-side, and just at 10 

 minutes past 9 on the evening of Wednesday, July 2, 1873, in the pres- 

 ence of Mr. Woodbury, Mr. Green, Mr. Perrin, and several others, cit« 



