TRANSPORTATION OF TURBOT AND SOLES. 



871 



of the Partbia, temporarily in command, ami we hauled into the river, 

 took on passengers, and sailed at 11 a. m. The cans were in a place 

 called by the sailors the "fiddler," nearly amidships'on the nfiain deck. 

 The upper deck does not cover the whole width of the vessel at this 

 point, hence doors open from the "fiddler" on an uncovered gangway, 

 from which plenty of fresh air can be had. A hatchway occupied the 

 middle of this room, and a steam-winch for hoisting freight, one end ; 

 the floor was covered with a wooden grating, so that any quantity of 

 water could be spille<l and run down and out of the scuppers. It was 

 used by cabin passengers as a smoking-room. The accompanying dia- 

 gram will show the arrangement and assist my explanations. 



Starboard Gangway. 



__i^_— ^-— .^— — Door. 



Hatchway 

 8x9 Feet. 



19 feet 



Door. 



Port Gangway. 



1. Can with 6 turbot and 3 soles. 



2. Can with 23 soles. 



3. Second position of No. 1. 

 Dotted line, hidden steam-pipe. 



The cans were securely fixed back of the winch-shaft in the places 

 marked 1 and 2, No. 1 containing the turbot, two of which were dead 

 at midnight. 



January 4. — Two more turbot and one sole dead this morning. Water 

 in No. 1 has got hot ; on examination I find the steam-pipe that heats 

 the cabins runs under the grating in the course marked by the dotted 

 line, and of which I was not aware; the water being 72°, or 22° higher 

 than at 8 a. m. Had it removed on the hatch and lashed to the winch 

 in place marked 3. My arrangement was that I attended to them and 

 aerated the water every three hours from 8 a. m. until midnight; the 

 sailors washed decks at 4 a. m.; then the boatswain put the hose in the 

 cans for a few minutes, and I was up between 7 and 8 again, so that they 

 were never more than four hours without attention. There were now 

 four of the six turbot dead, and one on its back ; cooled the water grad- 

 ually and changed it ; turbot turned right side up. 



