u8 How to obtain it. 



the sickly fish at the surface were soon killed. Those that were 

 in better condition headed down in the cans and were all right. 

 Notwithstanding all the delay at the railway station we turned the 

 fish into the loch with an actual loss of only some five per cent., 

 which could have been prevented had we started at once. 



At the lock-side, however, another delay seemed imminent. 

 The keeper said the fish were not to be turned out until the 

 purchaser had seen them, and on inquiry I found it would be at 

 least two hours before he could arrive, and as events afterwards 

 proved, it was over three hours instead of two. It was rather 

 trying to stand there arguing the matter, knowing that every five 

 minutes was of importance, and seeing the little fish already 

 gasping in some of the cans. I soon made up my mind, how- 

 ever. I had gone there to turn out fish and not to stand by and 

 see them murdered, so I got to work, and turned the fish out to 

 save their lives, reserving a few, which we put into a small hole 

 we found near, to serve as a sample of the bulk. The wait at the 

 station I had no control over, but here with the loch before me, 

 and the cans of fish standing at its margin, the case was 

 different. 



I have known several instances in which trout have been 

 received in the evening, and left standing in the cans all night, 

 with what result it would be needless to explain ; and yet it is 

 really necessary to say for the benefit of many that trout, if left 

 standing in cans, will soon die. During transit the water in the 

 carriers is in constant motion, and the fish are thus kept in a 

 healthy and lively condition. The trying portion of a journey is 

 the wait at the junction, and this has to be duly considered 

 before the fish are started off, and the bulk of water in which they 

 are travelled regulated accordingly, as well as the condition of the 

 fish themselves. Trout in their normal condition will not travel ; 

 they require careful preparation for a journey, and according to 

 the length of the journey so is the course of the preparation 

 regulated. The pollution of the water by the fish themselves is 

 one of the points to be carefully guarded against, otherwise it is 

 most fatal. Some water in which trout live very well has been 

 found absolutely unfit for them to travel in. The old plan of 

 changing the water en route has been proved to be a very bad 



