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a full account of his methods, and the success attending his 

 lirst experiments was widely circulated, and soon Seth 

 Green, of New York, Samuel Wilmot, of Canada, Nelson 

 Clark of Michigan, and others, all making improvements 

 of Dr. Garlick's process, until lish propagation has become 

 a national industry, and, fostered by adequate appropri- 

 ations, is furnishing cheap and wholesome food for 

 millions of people. 



^ DANGER TO FISFI-EGGS IN TRANSIT. 

 By Fred Mather. 



In a note to SJiooting and Fisliiug I made use of a term 

 that seemed to demand explanation ; and while I do not 

 intend at this time to -say anything about methods of pack- 

 ing fish-eggs for foreign shipment — a thing that I have had 

 much to do with — I wish to say something about theii- 

 condition on receiving them. The remark alluded to was : 

 " I have noticed that foreign eggs often appear good, but 

 [as often] hatch deformed fish," etc. The bracketed words 

 should have gone in. This requires explanation, because 

 it may appear to reflect on the fish cidturists on the other 

 side. In former years I have reported eggs from Europe 

 to be good because they were not dead, and my reports of 

 loss of eggs and fry have, on some occasions, been out of 

 all proportion to the after-mortality. The reason of this 

 lies in the fact that an injury to a living thing is not always 

 fatal (a notable instance of this may be found in the first 

 chapter of " Tristram Shandy "), and fish-eggs may be in- 

 jured in transit by heat, concussion, or a lack of moisture, 

 so that the embryo will come into the world only to die. 



When eggs have come across the sea I now rej)ort that 

 a certain number api^ear to be good, reserving a positive 

 decision until the eggs hatch and the fry begin to take 



