178 FISH HATCHING. 



may indeed be first turned into a basin, and 

 then gently removed with a common spoon 

 into the boxes, and placed either on the glass 

 rods or on the gravel. 



Of course, you will often have to go long 

 distances to obtain the eggs in the first 

 instance from the parent fish. When you 

 have got them at the river side, treat them 

 with the most tender hand, and never let 

 them be exposed for an instant to the air ; 

 carry them home in pure cold water, either 

 in large uncut decanters or in a common fish- 

 kettle. Carry them in your hand, to avoid 

 shaking, and change the water by dipping it 

 out with a cup (so that the eggs shall not 

 dance about) about every three or four hours. 

 If they have to remain all night at a place, 

 open the cover of the fish kettle, and place 



