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possible delay. Finally the distribu- 

 tor must repress all tendencies to dis- 

 play his relief and enthusiasm by pour- 

 ing out the fish from the height of his 

 shoulder, for this is one way of lessen- 

 ing the chance of success. 



If given reasonable care the young 

 fry can be transported over very con- 

 siderable distances after deliverv from 



forest only eighteen were known to 

 have died. 



In 1911, 34,000 trout were shipped 

 from Rock Springs, Wyoming, to the 

 Bridger Forest, 110 miles via motor- 

 car, followed by a long trip on pack 

 horses. Approximately 50 per cent of 

 this shipment was lost. Another con- 

 signment to the Washakie Forest in- 



METHOD OF AVOIDING SHOCK TO YOUNG FISH. 



BY GRADUALLY POURING INTO THE CAN WATER FROM THE STREAM IN WHICH THE FISH ARE TO BE PLACED, THEY 

 ARE SAVED FROM THE DANGEROUS SHOCK OF BEING SUDDENLY PLACED IN WATER OF QUITE A DIF- 

 FERENT TEMPERATURE. AFTER THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE THEY MAY BE PLACED IN THE STREAMS. 



the car with a quite small percentage of 

 loss. In one case, on the Shoshone 

 Forest in Wyoming, eight cans of fry 

 were in transit a part of two days and 

 three cans were in transit a part of 

 three days without any loss whatever. 

 Each night the cans, their tops covered 

 with cheesecloth, were placed in run- 

 ning streams with mouth upstream, 

 while proper care was given during the 

 day. Out of 40,000 fry shipped to the 



volving distribution by means of pack- 

 horses resulted in a loss of 30 per cent. 

 These figures, however, are not dis- 

 couraging, for the numbers of fish safe- 

 ly deposited in the waters were suf- 

 ficient to restock them. As a very gen- 

 eral rule the Forest officers fully appre- 

 ciate the difficulties surrounding the 

 transportation of fish to remote semi- 

 inaccessible waters and do not submit 

 applications unless they are fully 



