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over the water, or stuck into the bank, and the whole supported 

 so that the rim of the net is a little above the surface. The fish 

 will soon recover on being placed in such a receptacle, and may 

 then be safely dipped and turned into the pond. 



The only case in which I remember being in any difficulty 

 with large fish in transit was once during some hot weather early 

 in October, when I travelled a lot by special request, but in 

 opposition to my own advice. I lost eight on this occasion out of 

 two hundred. 



Two-year-olds are good fish for stocking purposes, but they 

 require a large bulk of water, and the risk attending their transit 

 is greater than in the case of yearlings, which can now be travelled 

 with perfect safety, and quite easily to any part of this country, or 

 on to the continent of Europe. Yearlings are undoubtedly the 

 best fish for stocking purposes, inasmuch as they may really 

 be called fish, which can perhaps hardly be said, from a practical 

 point of view, of fry. It is in the fry stage that the great loss?J 

 occurs, which all fish culturists have to guard against by every \ 

 means in their power. 



A difficulty that has for years baffled the attempts of both 

 scientific and practical men to bridge over, is no small one, and 

 although it has now been overcome by experienced fish culturists, 

 yet it still remains a source of considerable danger. A few hours' 

 neglect, or a little carelessness or mismanagement, may sacrifice 

 ninety per cent, of the little fish, and it will thus be seen that, in 

 the hands of the inexperienced, trout in their infancy stand a 

 pretty good chance of being killed, often, it may perhaps be, with 

 too much intended kindness. Yearlings are as safe as fish can be, 

 and unless very clumsily managed by the recipient, there should 

 be little or no risk attending their introduction into new water. 



It is well known that trout are keenly sensible to temperature, 

 and that a very rapid change, such as a sudden transference toi 

 water a good many degrees warmer or colder, is very prejudicial, 

 and will sometimes even kill them outright, and that very 

 speedily. They are frequently travelled in iced water, so that the 

 chances are that the water into which they are about to be 

 introduced is higher in temperature. In certain cases ice is 

 necessary to ensure their safety during transit. On arrival at their 



