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route as i)recediug trip, and deposited the fish in Lake Ontario, near 

 Charlotte, in good condition at 5 j). m., March 8. Temperature of water 

 from which the fry were taken, 45° ; temperature of water in car, from 

 o5:\° to 30^ ; temperature of hxke at time and phice of deposit, 33*^. On 

 the return trip the car met with a slight accident at Charlotte, and an- 

 other, with more serious results, near Suspension Bridge, on the Can- 

 ada side. While switching to the main track at Charlotte, the engineer 

 in charge of the yard engine very carelessly took a side track flanked 

 with piles of ties, and, in turning a curve, the car received a severe, 

 raking along one side, sustaining considerable damage. Repairs were 

 made by the company at their shops at Rochester. The accident near 

 Suspension Bridge occurred M'hile the car was side-tracked. Another 

 car was backed against it with such violence that both platforms were 

 broken and one end stove in. Mr. Ellis was in his state-room at that 

 end of tlie car when the crash came, but escaped with slight injuries. 

 The car was repaired by the Grand Trunk Company, at their car-shops, 

 at London. The comjiany also replaced broken crockery, etc. The car 

 was detained nearly five days. 



Trip No. 4. — This tri[) was an exact duplicate of trip No. 2, in regard 

 to the number of cans used, the number of minnows carried, the route 

 taken, and point of deposit. The car left Northville at 3 p. m., March 

 15, and arrived at Oswego about 3 p. m. the day following. The fish 

 went through in good order, and were placed in Lake Ontario at 4 p. m. 

 Temperature of water at the hatchery when the fish were removed, 43<^; 

 temperature of water in the car, 37° to 41° ; temperature of lake at time 

 of deposit, 35^. 



Trip No. 5.— Car left Northville at 2 a. m., March 20, with 3,000,000 

 minnows in seventy-six cans; proceeded to Toledo over the Flint and 

 Pere Marquette Railroad ; thence to Monroeville by the Lake Shore and 

 Michigan Southern ; thence by the Baltimore and Ohio to Sandusky, 

 arriving at 10 a m. on the same day. The car was transferred to the 

 boat-landing an hour later. At 2 p. m. the fish were all placed in six 

 cylinder and six ordinary cans and carried aboard the steamer Eagle, 

 which left at 3 p. m. for the islands. Two hours later, when near Kel- 

 ley's Island, the largest of the group, one-half the fish were deposited, 

 the captain ver^- kindly slacking the boat for this purpose.' The re- 

 mainder of the fish were planted off the west side of Put-in-Bay. Tem- 

 perature of water at hatchery when fish were moved, 39° ; temperature 

 of water in car, from 35° to 37° ; temperature of lake, 35°. 



Tri27 No. 6.— The car left North ville at 2 a. m., March 29, with 2,000,000 

 minnows in sixtj -four cans, and proceeded to Sandusky by same route 

 taken in trip No. 5. As the regular daily boat to the islands was too 

 crowded with freight to take the cans, the captain furnished a tug, 

 which answered the purpose well. The fish were planted near Put-in- 

 Bay Island at 7 p. m. Temperature of water at hatchery when the fish 

 were moved, 45°^ temperature of water in the car, 37° to 39°; tempera- 



