IO4 . How to obtain it. 



To those who understand the condition of a fish, and its relation 

 to the water under such circumstances, the reason is obvious. I 

 have conveyed hundreds of trout up to 3 Ib. weight without loss. 

 * Before such large fish are turned out on arriving at their 

 'destination, they should be dipped in a saline solution. Per- 

 manganate of potash may be used with success for this purpose, 

 and chloride of sodium or common salt does very well. In cases 

 which occur, where the sea is not far distant, sea water is very 

 good, and it answers the purpose admirably. 



II have dipped many thousands, and am quite satisfied as to 

 the great advantage often arising from such a course. The farmer 

 finds it pay to dip his sheep, and the fish culturist his fish: indeed 

 the latter may learn a great deal from the former, if he will only 

 keep his eyes open. When fish, on arrival at the pond side, 

 require to be dipped, a very good modus operandi is as follows : 

 [Of course it is understood that I am now alluding to large fish 

 J*-*K IjE* - on Jy'] ^ tub should be in readiness at some suitable place on 

 7 the bank of the pond or lake, and this tub should be filled with a 

 solution of salt ( i Ib. of salt to fifteen gallons of water is a good 

 mixture). The fish should then be placed in the tub by means of 

 a landing-net or by hand, and allowed to remain there until they 

 begin to look sickly, or turn over on their sides. They should 

 then be taken out, and dexterously pitched into the pond, where 

 they ought to recover themselves at once. Sometimes after 

 a long journey, the fish are a little sickly to commence with. 

 When such is the case, they should be placed in some sort of a 

 cage in a stream for a while, so as to get refreshed before going 

 through the salt bath. A good-sized hamper will do very well for 

 this purpose should nothing better be available, and it should be 

 placed where a good current will flow through it. The apparatus 

 which I prefer for the purpose, however, is a good large landing 

 net, and the one I use and in which thousands of fish have been 

 treated, is rectangular in shape. The frame, which is of iron, 

 measures five feet by one foot eight inches, and the net bags 

 about fifteen inches. A dozen, or a score of fish can lie in this 

 net comfortably, and the handle is placed on the bank of the 

 pond, with a stone on it to keep it in position. Where the bank 

 is too steep to admit of this being done, the handle may be placed 



