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hardest frost two-year-olds may be sent to any 

 distance in Scotland, England, or Wales, not only 

 without loss on the journey, but without any loss 

 after transplantation ; we always prefer to break 

 the ice for two-year-olds. With yearlings it is 

 different, to this extent that yearlings travel 

 better by day than by night in very cold weather, 

 when, and only when, their is a long wait at any 

 point en route, in all other cases they, like two- 

 year-olds, travel best at night. . . . Fry cannot 

 stand frost at all, nor do they care for ice in the 

 travelling tank, we therefore like to send them so 

 as to arrive early in the morning in April or up to 

 the middle of May, when the weather is cool in 

 distinction to frosty . . . with a little attention 

 to the above points trout of all sizes can be safely 

 transported. 



In conclusion, we recommend that all large 

 pieces of water should be examined and reported 

 on before being stocked, so that not only the best 

 strain of trout may be selected, but that the mode 

 of stocking may be varied to suite the circum- 

 stances of each particular case. I have appended 

 a draft report to show the questions requiring to 

 be dealt with, and the considerations which arise 

 in the case of a typical Lowland Lake. 



