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been murdered." I then took the other two cans, each containing 

 a similar number of fish under the same conditions, and gently 

 turned them out without losing one of them. I mention this just 

 to show how easily fish may be killed by a little want of knowledge 

 on the part of the operator. There is now little excuse for such 

 an occurrence, as everyone who takes an interest in the matter 

 has abundant opportunity for becoming possessed of the necessary 

 information to make the turning out of fry a perfectly successful 

 operation. 



Yearlings and larger fish require very different treatment. I 

 have sent many of them in carboys, and they bear the transit well ; 

 but metal carriers are found to be more advantageous, as these 

 fish are travelled at low temperature and ice is used, and a greater 

 bulk of water being required, glass contrivances would not be so 

 practicable. The carriers that are in use are, like the carboys, 

 constructed on scientific principles, the convenience and comfort 

 of the fish during a journey having been well studied. There are 

 many different varieties of carriers, and I will describe a few of 

 the most useful. 



One that I have seen in use in the United States is a very 

 simple affair, consisting of a tub having a wooden lid with a 

 six-inch round hole in the centre of it. The lid being sunk a 

 little below the top of the tub, any water which may splash out at 

 once runs back again. The whole may be covered by a piece of 

 perforated wood, zinc, or some netting, or by a funnel-shaped 

 vessel in which ice may be placed. Another carrier that is also 

 in use in the United States consists of a tin or galvanized iron 

 can, bound round with wood, or fitted into a wooden case looking 

 something like a cheese box. 



In Germany a wooden apparatus resembling a flattened oak 

 barrel is used, which rests on one of its -sides, and the fish appear 

 to travel in it very well. In the upper side is cut a square hole 

 about six inches wide, and into this is fitted a wooden frame made 

 with sloping sides, and a bottom covered with perforated zinc. 

 Trout packed in these carriers are sent alive to market. 



Oak casks charred inside make excellent vehicles for 

 travelling fish, and I have used them most successfully ; but the 

 metal carriers commonly in use in this country, and made by 



