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tbem to ni3' fariu, seven of them died during that day. I suppose it was 

 on account of the heat they felt on the sudden change of climate. I 

 hare the rest in a very large fountain in the open air, and I have no 

 doubt they will be all right.— J. N. Od yards. 

 Havana, Cuba, 3Iarch 17, 1883. 



Carp sent to Brazil. — It is with pleasure I report the safe arrival 

 of thirteen beautiful specimens of the survival of the fittest out of one 

 hundred carp which was shipped to me from New York by steamer Bor- 

 ghese. They were thirty nine days at sea. The greater portion of them 

 died before the steamer reached St. Thomas. None died during the last 

 ten days of the voyage. Your instructions for keeping them were not 

 carefully observed. The person who had them in charge fed them on 

 hard-boiled eggs.— J. W. Couchman. 



Eio DE Janeiro, Brazil, 



Bua do Ouvidor, Ifo. 130, January 6, 1883. 



In a letter dated January 24 Mr. Couchman writes that, owing to an 

 accident to the tub in which he was keeping the thirteen carp pending 

 the completion of his pond, all but four perished. These four had been 

 making rapid growth. 



Carp, goldfish, ides, and catfish handled at Central Sta- 

 tion. — Mr. J, E. Brown makes the following statement of the number of 

 pond fish handled at Central Station during the season of about eight 

 months ending June 1, 1884 : 



Leather carp : 



Received 149, 500 



Shipped by express and car 148, 7G8 



Scale carp : 



Eeceived 19, 178 



Shipped by exjDress and car 14, 341 



Mirror carp : 



Eeceived 12 



Shipped by express and car 8 



Goldfish : 



Eeceived 4, 100 



Shipped by express and car, or delivered to applicants. . . 3, 514 



Golden ides : 



Eeceived , 24 



Shipped 19 



Catfish : 



Eeceived , 150 



Shipped by car 100 



Some of the fish were in very poor condition when received, particu- 

 larly the scale carp, in which there was considerable loss. 

 Washington, D. C, June 7, 1884. 



