352 DIFFICULTY OF BRINGING PIKE PERCH FROM GERMANY. 



that the water had heen netted, and seventy Zander 

 caught. Meanwhile Mr. Dalhner had travelled to 

 Hamburg to arrange about the fish carriers and transit 

 wdtli Messrs. Kuhnert, w^io send live fish to all parts of 

 the world. They have sent live carp in a boat filled and 

 hoisted with water to San Francisco and South America. 

 Carp and tench can bear a deal of knocking about, but 

 not the delicate Zander. Messrs. Kuhnert once sent 

 about a thousand small Zander in a hoisted boat to 

 London, and only three arrived alive, and what became 

 of them no one knows. Messrs. Kuhnert j)rovided four 

 barrels of oval form, 4ft. long, 3ft. broad, and l^ft. high 

 each, with handles attached, so that four men could easily 

 carry one. "When they arrived at the w^ater the fish were 

 in a box facing a stream, and as lively as possible. Mr. 

 Dallmer selected 24 fish, each about two pounds' weight 

 — twelve male, twelve female, so as to procure as many 

 marria"ges as possible. The fish had a rough two Ger- 

 man miles over a frozen road to reach the railway to 

 Altona ; on arrival at Hamburg, Messrs. Kuhnert placed 

 the fish in one of their large boxes in the Alster Lake. 

 This was Wednesday. The next ship to London was 

 the steamer Capella, and to depart on Thursday night 

 January 31, from Hamburg. The Capella frequently 

 carries live fish for zoological and aquaria j)urposes, 

 and the sailors are used to the care of them. The fish 

 w^ere transported in five carriers — four fish in one, and 

 five fish in each of the other four. There were also three 

 extra barrels of fresh water for the use of the fish. The 

 carriers were full up to the top, so as to prevent any 

 injury to the fish from the rolling of the ship. At twelve 

 midnight the Capella started. The waves ran veiy high, 

 a stiff north wind being out, the sea w^ashing the decks 

 of the large ship. Half-way across it became foggy, 



