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95.— KESfJSClTATIOiV OF APPAREIVTL,Y DEAD CARP. 

 By MILTOW P. PEIRCE. 



[From a letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



From a lot of 1,200 carp one of uiy assistants threw out 110 which 

 he supposed to be dead. I do not think they were dead, but only tor- 

 pid, for one was left floating in the tank when it was replaced in the 

 store. A small boy called who was going on the street-cars to a dis- 

 tant part of the city [Philadelphia]. The mechanics gave him the 

 supposed dead carp, which he wrapped in a piece of paper and placed 

 in his pocket to show to his chum. After reaching his destination and 

 })laying awhile, the two boys passed into a room where the goldfish 

 tank stood when he thought of his carp. The boys thought they 

 would give the lady of the house a surprise, and so placed the carp in 

 the tank. An hour or two later the lady discovered a strange fish 

 swimming in her aquarium in an erratic manner, and upon inquiry, 

 learned from the boys the almost incredible facts. Two weeks later she 

 called and related them to me, saying that the carp was well, lively, eat- 

 ing readily, and growing rapidly. 



Wenonah, I^. J., March 31, 1882. 



96 — REITIARKABL.E RESUMCITATIOIV OF FROZEN CARP. 



By CHAS. W. SMILEY. 



On the n.crning of January 4, 1884, 2,100 German carp were for- 

 warded from Washington by express to Birmingham, Ala. Mr. F. L. 

 Donnelly, a messenger of the Commission, proceeded by the same train 

 to watch them on their passage and to take charge of them upon their 

 arrival at Birmingham. The fish had been idaced in the usual four- 

 quart tin pails, and packed in crates of IG pails each. Each pail con- 

 tained 15 carp. 



Mr. Donnelly and the carp arrived at Birmingham at 1.30 a. m.. Jan- 

 uary 6. The packages were left in the ofQce of the Southern Express 

 Company through the remainder of that night, but placed within 10 

 feet of the stove in order to prevent the water freezing. The thermom- 

 eter indicated +49 F. at the time of arrival. At 8 o'clock on the morning 

 of the Gth, Mr. Donnelly examined the condition of the fish, and, in his 

 official report dated January 14, says : 



" I was greatly surprised to find every drop of water in the buckets 

 frozen into solid ice, and all the fish apparently dead; but upon close 

 examination of their eyes, I thought perhaps a great many of them 

 were still nlive though frozen solid in the ice." 



