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was probably weakened by con- 

 finement for so long a time in its 

 very narrow quarters, and possi- 

 bly the oxygen supply ran a lit- 

 tle short. Of course the .jour- 

 ney was made entirely without 

 food. 



Mr. Gundelaeh had |)reyious- 

 ly made successful ex|)eriments 

 in shipping for the shorter dis- 

 tances in Europe, but nothing 

 |)aralleling the present experi- 

 ment has thus far been under- 

 taken. The particular advan- 

 tage in this method is that s))eci- 

 mens can be sent a|)|).irentl.y any 

 distance without any care what- 

 ever during transit, and so do- 

 ing away entirely with the ex- 

 pense of an attendant or any 

 special machinery for aerating 

 the water. ■ ' R. C. O. 



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))ortant tliat the experiment has succeeded, and 

 you can now exchange any specimens witli any 

 European institution in this 

 way." 



In order to learn what losses, 

 if any, might be laid to tempera- 

 ture, Mr. Albers, second officer 

 of the ship, kindly consented to 

 make daily records of the tem- 

 perature of the room in whicli 

 the crates were placed through- 

 out the voyage. His rejjort in- 

 dicates a gradual decrease from 

 73° bo 66° Fahrenlieit, and Mr. 

 Gundelacli informs me in his let- 

 ter that it was as low as 63° in 

 Germany at the time the speci- 

 mens arrived there. The beau 

 gregory, being a tropical fish, 

 evidently did succumb to the 

 cold, but the cunner is a north- 

 ern form and the same explana- 

 tion will not apply. Tlie speci- 

 men was probably too large for 

 the jar and the supply of oxy- 

 gen. It was the largest fish 

 sent and was selected to test the 

 size limit. It did not, liowever. 

 suffocate during shipment, but it 



AQUARIUM EXHIBITS. 



THE collection of living ani- 

 mals is at jiresent thi' most 

 complete in the history of the 

 Aquarium, and without doubt 

 presents the greatest display of living fislies 

 ever brought together in any aquarium. 



