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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



strong enough to find their own food, thus avoiding the principal cause 

 of mortality among fry, namely, starvation. They are easily carried, 

 and stand a journey well j they accommodate themselves with the great- 

 est facility to new water, and they thrive fast in ponds. Two-year-olds 

 are recommended where coarse fish or large trout already exist in the 

 water. No difficulty has been found in carrying the trout in ice-water 

 for any journey not exceeding twenty hours, but the water into which 

 the trout are to be introduced must be of the same temperature in order 

 to prevent inflammation of the gills. Accordingly the fish are forwarded 

 only in cold weather. They are sent by express passenger trains in 

 tanks of two sizes : 40 gallons weighing between 500 and 000 pounds, 

 and 18 gallons weighing about 150 pounds. The following table will 

 give an approximate idea of the prices charged for fry, yearlings, and 

 two-vear-olds: 



Table of prices of trout and trout eggs at the Hoivietoun fishery, Scotland. 



Shipment of catfish to Belgium. — The correspondence between 

 the United States Fish Commission and the Government of Belgium has 

 been several times alluded to in this Bulletin (1881, 1, p. 340 ; 1882, II, 

 p. 153 ; 1883, III, pp. 220, 437). On Saturday, November 15, 1884, the 

 steamship Rbinelaud, of the Red Star Line, took from New York 100 

 live catfish (Amiurus nebulosus) consigned to Alfred Lefebvre, Ghent, 

 Belgium. Messrs. Peter Wright & Sons, the agents, kindly furnished 

 free passage, and instructed the officers to observe the directions for 

 their care which were communicated by Prof. H. J. Bice, of the Fulton 

 Market laboratory. Mr. B. G. Blackford arranged for the purchase of 

 the fish and delivered them on board. 



Under date of November 28, 1881, Monsieur E. Willequet, writing 

 from Ghent, Belgium, announces the safe arrival of 95 of the live cat- 

 fish, ouly 5 having died during the voyage. The 95 were safely trans- 

 ferred to the botanical garden of Ghent, and placed in quarters favora- 

 ble for their multiplication. 



Fishing in the Black Sea. — Mr. George Lambert Lehrs, an Ameri- 

 can citizen residing at Kadikovka, near Balaclava, on the Crimea. Rus- 

 sia, writes under date of November G, 1884: 



"The methods practiced in Balaclava for catching fish are very much 



