ATKINS THE SALMON AND ITS ARTIFICIAL CULTURE. 287 



Table X.— Experiments in transportation of salmon-eggs, from Buclcsport, Me., to Winches- 

 ter, Mass. 



[These ejrgs -were sent in small lots, by express, and received the common treatment of article trans- 

 poi ted iu that way, the battered condition of the boxes often attesting the rough way in which they 

 had been handled'. All except the last lot wore packed on disks of mosquito-uettinr;, sewed on to brass 

 rings, in alternate layers, with wet bog-moss, in tin boxes, and the latter were inclosed in larger tins, 

 the'^spate between, J i'ucli to 1 inch, being tilled with sawdust. In some cases, coarse paper was wrapped 

 in several layers around the whole parcel. The packages left Bucksport on the steamer Katahdiu, and 

 generally reached their destination the following day. Being exposed to a severe temperature on sev- 

 eral occasions, while in the delivery -wagon at Winchester, some of the parcels were penetrated by frost.] 



50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 100 

 100 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



100 

 100 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 



50 

 50 



50 

 50 



1,500 



1, .oOO 



500 



5no 



50O 



50 



50 



50 



50 



50 



Date. 



1872. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 17 

 Dec. 24 

 Dec. 24 

 Dec. 24 

 Dec. 24 

 Doc. 24 

 'Nov. 14 

 Nov. 14 



Nov. 14 



Nov. 14 

 Nov. 14 

 Nov. 20 

 Nov. 20 

 Nov. 20 



Nov. 20 

 Nov. 20 

 Nov. 21 

 Nov. 21 

 Nov. 21 

 Nov. 21 

 Nov. 21 

 Nov. 25 



Nov. 25 

 Nov. 25 



Nov. 25 

 Nov. 25 



1873. 

 Jau. 7 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jau. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 

 Jan. 



38 day.s . . 

 34 days.. 

 30 days.. 

 26 days.. 

 21 days.. 

 42 days.. 

 38 days.. 

 34 (lavs.. 

 30 days.. 

 25 days.. 

 50 days.. 

 46 dnys.. 

 42 days.. 

 38 days.. 

 33 days.. 

 57 days.. 



53 davs. 

 49 days.. 

 45 days. 

 40 days.. 

 17 days.. 

 13 day 8. 



9 days. 

 2 days. 

 i hour. 



23 days. 



19 days. 



15 days. 



11 days. 



6 days. 



24 days. 



20 days. 



10 days. 



12 days. 



7 days. 

 28 days 



24 days- 

 20 days. 



16 days. 



11 days. 



71 days. 

 71 days. 

 67 days. 

 63 days. 

 59 days. 

 71 days. 

 67daVs. 

 03 days. 

 59 days. 



54 days. 



Lot. 



1 



80 



125 



175 



210 



1 



80 



125 



175 



210 



1 



80 



125 



175 



210 



1 



80 



125 



175 



210 



1 



125 

 196 

 210 

 1 

 80 

 125 



175 



210 



I 



80 



125 



175 



210 



1 



175 

 210 



1 

 1 



80 



125 



175 



1 



80 



125 



*175 



210 



State of development. 



Embryo covers yolk . . . 

 do 



Embryo covers J- of yolk 

 Embryo not expanded. . . 



Heart beating 



Embryo covers yolk . 



do ■- 



Embryo covers 4-5 of yolk 

 Embryo covers f of yolk 



Embryo covers yolk . . . 

 do ■- 



Embryo expanding 



Embryo beginning to ex- 

 pand. 



Died on 



way. 



Embryo covers 4-5 of yolk 

 Embryo covers i of yolk 

 Embryo just beginning 

 to expand. 



Embryo covers whole 

 yolk. 



Embryo covers J yolk. . 



Embryo slightly expand- 

 ed. ' 



Eyes black. 

 ...'.-. do 



Eemarks. 



;■ Package frozen badly. 



I 



J 



1 



l^ Frozen so that the moss was 



f all stiff. 



J 



Package inclosed in paper, 

 which protected against 

 cold, and against the jar 

 of rough handling. 



• Some frost in the box. 



■ Nearly all died afterwards. 



Packed with moss on wire 



> trays, and inclosed in saw- 

 I dust. 



) 



I Packed in tins as usual, in- 



> closed iu sawdust and pa- 

 i per. 



J 



* The excessive mortality in the eggs belonging to lot 175 I attribute in part to their beinr 

 healthy state. 



