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got fresh water and changed all the tanks. The fish did not object 

 in the least, but were quite lively. It did not hurt them changing 

 the water from American to British. I got them conveyed to the 

 railway station and placed on a truck. We arrived in Stamford in 

 due course, and on counting the fish I found we had 153. I left 

 the Delaware with 250, so that I had lost 97 fish in twelve days. 



In 1879 I went again, and started from America with 1,200 black 

 bass, and on arriving home I had 812, having done better than I 

 did on the previous occasion. All of the black bass were for the 

 Marquis of Exeter, he having borne all the expense of the experi- 

 ment. Most of the fish were placed in a lake belonging to his 

 lordship called Whitewater, near Stamford. Not any of them have 

 been caught yet. From what I could learn they would be about 

 half-a-pound each in weight, so that they had done very well. The 

 first lot that were put in will be three years old in April, when they 

 are expected to commence breeding. — October, 1880. 



Mr. Forrester says the black bass is one of the finest 

 American freshwater fishes, surpassed by none in the 

 boldness of biting and by few in excellence upon the 

 board. It attains the weight of 61bs. or 81bs. It is 

 taken abundantly in Lake Chaniplain ; but in the St. 

 Lawrence and amongst the Thousand Islands it affords 

 the greatest sport to the angler. It is also found in all 

 the Canadian lakes. 



American authorities state that the difference between 

 this and the Oswego Bass arises merely from condition 

 and feeding grounds. 



THE MUEKAY COD. 



(Grystes macqnariensis.) 



This is an Australian Perch, which I am convinced would 

 do well in this country. Mr. E. "Wilson, whose name ic 

 so well known in connection with acclimatisation, was 

 desirous to bring the Murray Cod over to England, and 

 on May 21, 1864, some of these fish, of course small 

 specimens, actually arrived alive in the London Docks 



