COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOODIC SALMON EGGS. 823 



fore it reached the lower ends of the troughs it was too far exhausted to 

 sustain and develop the eggs lying there. The volume of water was 

 renewed at a later date, and the eggs that remained to be hatched for 

 the stream did very well, but a very considerable number had been so 

 seriously afi'ected as to unfit them for transportation to distant points. 

 No excessive mortality occurred on the route, most of the packages, 

 even those sent to a great distance, opening in fine shape ; but there 

 was a premature hatching immediately after unpacking, followed by a 

 torpid condition and subsequent death of a great many of the fry. One 

 case of eggs (and I think several), which I am confident would have 

 turned out excellently if they had received proper treatment while in 

 transit, were, in spite of legible placards attached to each box warning 

 against heating, left by careless messengers close to hot stoves, and on 

 opening were found to be actually heated through. The loss sustained 

 on the various shipments ranged all the way from 5 to 100 per cent, and 

 averaged about 40 per cent. The details may be learned by comparing 

 Tables III and IV. 



Subjoined are eleven tables embodying statements of the work done 

 and results obtained, including certain observations made in 1875 and 

 1876, and not before reported. 



