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most convenient position, and stuff tlieni 

 down quite tight with moss that is dripping 

 wet with water, put the cover on the box and 

 fasten it securely. Then place this box in- 

 side another box, leaving about two or three 

 inches of interspace. Fill this up quite tight 

 with wet moss, and send them off by the 

 quickest route of transport to your friend. 

 If possible, give them in charge to a friend, 

 or the guard of the train, and avoid exposing 

 them to heat or to cold. This is the mode 

 used at Huningue with so much success. 

 The boxes from Huningue to London usually 

 occupy from two to four days in their travels, 

 if the railway officials attend to the urgent 

 directions on the box, which they do not 

 always do. A letter appeared in '' The 

 Times" by Mr. Francis on this point. I 



