2 $6 How to obtain it. 



Even in an ordinary earth pond the fish may be taken out 

 Iby a few successive hauls of the net, till only about a hundred 

 to a hundred and fifty are left. The plug may then be drawn 

 and the water run off, and the few remaining fish are easily removed 

 when it goes down. In a concrete pond the fish have not the 

 same opportunity of eluding the net, and with care every fish may 

 be lifted out. If intended for transference to a distant water, the 

 fish should be placed in tanks for awhile, the time varying 

 according to the length of the journey, the season of the year, and 

 the temperature of the water. A good deal of the preparation for 

 a journey can be done in the pond, and it is very important to 

 have the fish just in condition for transit, and to bring them into 

 this condition by a gradual process. Years ago, the removal of 

 trout from one place to another was a difficult work and usually 

 involved heavy loss. Now it is comparatively easy, and can be 

 effected without any loss worth naming. More often than other- 

 wise, not a single dead fish occurs during a long journey. 

 Sometimes there are a few, and considerably under five per cent., 

 and these cases are due probably to the shunting on the railway. 



From one to three days in the tanks is nowadays usually 

 sufficient, that is if the fish have been worked into condition 

 whilst in the ponds. By having them ready counted, and the 

 travelling tanks all ready, a large number of fish can be packed and 

 forwarded in a very short time, which is important, inasmuch as it 

 shortens the time occupied in transit. Orders should, however, 

 always be booked well ahead, so as to allow ample time for the 

 preparation, and the time of forwarding should in all cases, where 

 practicable, be left for the sender to decide. 



One thing purchasers should always remember, and that is, 

 that when fish are ready to travel, that is, after their preparation, 

 nothing should be allowed to alter the forwarding arrangements. 

 I have occasionally received a telegram at the last moment : 

 " Don't send the fish till next week." This may suit the sender 

 of the message, but it certainly does not suit the fish, which must 

 suffer seriously, and probably some of them will suffer so much 

 that they will never recover from the effects of such treatment. 

 They can be retanked and kept for a few days it is true, but at 

 the end of the time will be out of condition for travelling, and 



