234 How to obtain it. 



easily and without doing any harm. Work the syphon at one end 

 of the box and let it discharge into a large pail or tub, which 

 should be raised nearly to the level of the hatching box, so that 

 the outlet end of the syphon can be kept always under water. 

 There is then no sudden jar or shock, but the fish is simply 

 drawn over by a strong current, which gradually disperses in the 



I lower vessel. I have moved many millions of fry in this manner 



f without hurting a fish. 



From the hatchery they may be carried by hand in large 

 pails, or in a tub slung on a specially made carriage. The dis- 

 tance at which the nursery ponds are located has, of course, much 

 to do in deciding upon the mode of conveyance, On arriving 



I there the fish should be very carefully turned out. A great deal 

 depends on the care with which this is done. An easy method is 

 to sink the pails, with the little fish in them, in the water of their 

 future home, then to turn them gently over and withdraw them 

 bottom first, floating or swimming the little fish out in the opera- 

 tion. However carefully it may be done the little creatures will 

 get a great fright, and a large percentage of them will be a good 

 while in getting over it. Finding themselves, after all the agitation 

 caused by their transfer, in a strange place and in deep water, 

 many of them will go to the bottom and remain there for twenty- 

 four hours or more. I have seen some of them as long as three 

 days in this position at times. This is very bad for them, and 

 many of them never get over it. Others, again, will scatter all 

 over the pond, which is also undesirable, and should be prevented 

 as far as possible. 



The old plan just described answered very well, however, 



on the whole, when the arrangements were well carried out and 



much care and patience bestowed on the little fish after being 



placed in the nurseries. It often proved a tedious matter, though, 



to get them on the feed again, and also to get them up to the head 



of the pond, which is the best place for them. As a rule they will 



in any case divide into two bodies or shoals, one occupying the 



head of the pond where the water comes in, and the other the end 



I . where it runs out. The skill of the attendant is here brought into 



| play, his object being to coax the fish at the lower end of the 



' pond, by every means in his power, to come forward and take the 



