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sides the tank,* a water-pail, a bag of ice, tin dipper 

 or bellows, and a sponge. The ice will be all needed 

 before night, if the weath- 

 er is warm. The pail is 

 a convenience in various 

 ways, the dipper or bel- 

 lows t is for aerating the 

 water, and the sponge is 

 for the floor of the car, 

 if the water slops over. 

 Be careful to have plenty 

 of help when you load 

 into the car, and also at 

 every change of cars, for, 

 different from other mer- 

 chandise, an upset is of- 

 ten a total loss. J 



Keep the temperature ^^^ ^^'■'^"^'' °" '^^'''^^ ^^'^ ^""^ '' p^^"^'^' 

 of the water very low all day with ice, — using large 

 pieces when standing still, and small pieces when in 

 motion, as the large pieces are then apt to bruise and 

 kill the fish. Do not change the water e/i roztfe, but 

 give it a thorough aeration once in half an hour. 

 The aerating will be sure to keep them alive, while 



* The Troutdale Transit Tank is recommended as an excel- 

 lent thing to carry live fish in. See Dr. Slack's Catalogue of 

 fish culturists' apparatus. A common flour-barrel, well soaked, 

 with floats on the top of the water to prevent slopping, is a very 

 good impromptu affair for carrying live fish. 



t A common hand fire-bellows is as good an extempore aerat- 

 ing machine as can be found. 



t See Appendix II., on Journeys with Live Fish. 



