72 HOME FISHING AND HOME WATERS. 



Besides the can above described, an ordinary 

 water pail and large tin dipper are necessary ; also 

 a piece of rubber tubing with about a five-eighths 

 inch opening, to be used as a siphon in drawing off 

 the water. When it is necessary to change the water 

 the rubber hose is inserted in a tin tube about three 

 inches in diameter, and in length within six or 

 eight inches of the length of the can, inside. The 

 tube is perforated with fine pin holes for about six 

 inches up from the bottom of the tube. This is to 

 admit the water. The upper part of the tube is 

 funnel-shaped, with the opening large enough to 

 admit the siphon. A hook is soldered on the top 

 of the tube, which is caught over the rim of the 

 can, when it is inserted for use. I presume most 

 readers have had occasion to \*se a siphon, the 

 operation of which is very simple. When the 

 rubber hose is placed in the tube as far as it will go, 

 place the mouth over the end hanging outside 

 the can, and suck the water into the hose until it is 

 nearly full, then suddenly drop it down, so that 

 the end, outside is lower than the inside end of the 

 hose. The water will run until the desired quantity 

 is removed, when the tube may be taken out and 

 new water put in. 



The object in not having the tube the full length 

 of the can, is to prevent all the water from being 

 accidentally drawn off, and thus leave the fish 

 stranded. It is not well to give the fish a full 

 change of water, which is liable to prove very in- 

 jurious, and has been the means of killing a good 

 many fish while being transported. The idea is to 

 keep the temperature of the water as nearly even 



