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where there is a difference of several degrees between 



the temperature of the water in the carrier and that 



, of the water into which the fish are being turned out. 



Never discharge the trout into the new water from 



a height of several feet. If in a thoughtless moment 



you should do this, many of them will come to the 



surface on their backs and expire gasping from the 



effects of the sudden shock. 



After such a misfortune it is to be hoped that the 

 consignee may not meet the hard fate of the father of 

 the unhappy Dina in the old song. He, as you will 

 remember, came himself to a bad end after having 

 been haunted by the reproachful spectres of his 

 defunct victims, saying, 'We shouldn't have died if it 

 hadn't been for you.' 



