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beeu lost. The model of package was better again than the former. 

 Permit me to express to you all our thanks for this new present, and to 

 assure you of our deep gratitude." 



ENGLAND. 



A. Brook trout. — On February 2 I received 10,000 eggs of brook 

 trout from Mr. F. N. Clark, l!f orthville, Mich., and repacked them and sent 

 by Cunard steamer Catalonia to the Norfolk and Sufiblk Acclimatization 

 Society, care Hon. W. Oldham Chambers, secretary, Low.estoft. 



I will refer for their condition to the following letter, dated Norfolk 

 and Suffolk Fish Acclimatization Society, honorable secretary's office, 

 Lowestoft, February 26, 1883 : 



" I have pleasure in reporting to you that the 10,000 S.fontinalis eggs 

 arrived from New York in grand condition. I do not think I have 

 picked out more than 50 dead eggs in all. I must certainly congratu- 

 late you upon the most successful system you have adopted in packing 

 eggs for transit. If you possibly can spare a few land-locked salmon 

 eggs for my society we shall be particularly indebted. It is not a large 

 quantity that I ask for ; we so much want to get this particular strain 

 of salmon in our waters, fully believing they will form a very valuable 

 addition to the food-fishes of England. Your best endeavors in this di- 

 rection will be particularly esteemed. I have written to the Hon. Spen- 

 cer Baird by this post, thanking him for the handsome donation of fon- 

 tinalis eggs." 



B. Land-locked salmon. — On March 3, 1883, 1 received 10,000 eggs 

 of the land-locked salmon from Mr. 0. G. Atkins, and shipped them by 

 Cunard steamer Bothnia to the Norfolk and Suffolk Acclimatization 

 Society, care of Mr. Chambers, Lowestoft, on March 7. 



The following report of their condition is taken from a letter to Pro- 

 fessor Baird, dated Lowestoft, April 6, 1883 : 



" I have much jDleasure in reporting to you the safe arrival of 10,000 

 land-locked salmon eggs, which were duly received at my hatchery on 

 the 19th of last month. My executive committee desire me to express 

 to you their thanks for this generous gift and practical desire on your 

 part to increase the food-fishes of this country. I am happy to say the 

 S.fontinalis eggs have hatched off with only a nominal loss." 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



A. Brook trout. — On January 9, 1883, 1 repacked for Mr. E. Gr. 

 Blackford, Fulton Market, New York, 6,000 eggs of the brook trout, 

 being part of 10,000 of the same which he had received from Mr. F. N. 

 Clark, North ville, Mich., for shipment, in charge of Mr. Ricardo Becerra, 

 Bogota. The remainder of the eggs were kept in a jar and hatched in 

 Fulton Market. I have no advices as to the condition of the eggs on 

 their arrival at their destination. 



