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placed in the hatching trays. Mr. Armistead, 

 in A Handy Guide to Fish Culture, says: "If 

 just turned out of a packing case there may be 

 small pieces of moss or other material amongst 

 them. In any case a wash will do them no 

 harm, and the process is a very simple one. 

 Take a pail, half-filled with ova, and then fill 

 up with water, and with a small lading-can lift 

 some of the water out, and pour it back again, 

 so as to cause a downward current, which will 

 agitate the ova. Their specific gravity being 

 greater than that of water, they immediately 

 retire again to the bottom of the pail, and by 

 at once pouring off as much water as is practic- 

 able, any floating particles of moss, etc., may 

 be carried off. Should any be left, the process 

 should be repeated, and it may even be necessary 

 to repeat it several times. When all is right 

 take a ladle, or small vessel of some kind, say 

 a good-sized tea-cup, and gently ladle out the 

 eggs, and place them roughly on the grills, 

 where they may be roughly spread by means 

 of a feather." 



To these instructions I would add some for the 

 amateur, who will probably deal with a com- 

 paratively small number of ova. The ova should 



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