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secure it "by letters-patent, as is too much the cus- 

 tom of late. Neither our transit-tank, nor, in fact, 

 any apparatus invented by us, is secured to the 

 inventor, and we will be most happy to hear of 

 their use and success in the hands of our piscicul- 

 tural brethren. 



