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That they may be fully resuscitated after several 

 days' freezing. 



That they must be frozen quickly and at a temper- 

 ature equal to 10 to 15 degrees below zero. 



That while frozen they must be completely pro- 

 tected from the sun. 



That while frozen they must not be submitted to a 

 temperature below zero, but in one sufficient to pre- 

 vent any thaw. 



That in resuscitating in water an abundant supply 

 must be given. 



That the water must be at a temperature of from 

 32 to 35 degrees. 



That the temperature of the apartment must be 

 kept at about the same level. 



That the thawing must be so regulated that from 25 

 to 30 hours must be given before the fish is restored. 



Upon being numbed and frozen quickly before life 

 is seriously affected by exposure out of water, and kept 

 and thawed as mentioned, they will resume their natu- 

 ral and normal condition, and when returned to the 

 lake will swim off at a lively rate. The commoner 

 kinds of fish may be frozen and restored with much less 

 care. 



The bull-heads or horn-pouts, which have a great 

 tenacity of life, may in cold weather be frozen up and 

 thawed out to life very readily. I remember an in- 

 stance of some being caught in another locality from 

 the lakes, where they were left carelessly on a boat- 

 house floor, and speedily froze up together, which in a 

 week afterward were, all but one or two, fully restored 

 to life and activity by the cold-water cure. The bull- 

 head is a good liver out of water if kept moist and cool. 



