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about four pounds. I put him in my bath-tub filled with water. On yes- 

 terday, about 8 o'clock a. m., 1 put the carp in a small box, surrounding it 

 with wet moss, and forwarded to Lynchburg by express. It reached there 

 about 4 p. m., and I learn this morning from my friend to whom it was 

 sent that when taken out and placed in a tub it was as lively as could be. 

 My family ate a small carp Sunday morning and thought it vey good. 

 [From a letter to C. W. Smiley.] 



R. T. W. DUKE. 



FIVE HOURS OUT OF WATER. 



EDINBURG, Ind., December 12, 1886. 



Sent eight beautiful carp for eating purpose's to Enos B. Reed, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., packed in dry excelsior. They were at least five hours out of 

 water, and when received by Mr. Reed they were alive and kicking. Well, 

 he did not eat them, but put them in his carp pond, where' they are doing 

 well. I merely state the above facts to show the tenacity of life in the 

 earp. 



V, STILL ABOWER. 



IN A PINT OF WATER. 



A small lot of carp was sent to C. P. Jones, Carysbrook, Va,, leaving 

 Washington on the night of November 20, 1886,^at 10 p. m. These carp 

 were on the way over five days, they having beeii delayed in Columbia. 

 Mr. Jones, who lives twelve miles from that point, on the Rivanna river, 

 depended on the captain of a boat running between those points to bring 

 the carp. The captain failed for several days to do so, and the carp lay- 

 over in the express room without a change of water. After this delay they 

 were brough up the river in an open boat thirteen miles, with the ther- 

 mometer at 23 degrees Fahrenheit. When Mr. Jones opened the bucket, 

 December 4, he thought the fish were all dead, as there was no signs of life 

 and only a pint of water, the rest having been turned to ice ; but noticing 

 a slight movement of the gills, he transferred the fish into tepid water and 

 in thirty minutes they were all lively. He then kept them over Sunday in 

 the house, during which time none died or showed any injurious effects. 

 This display of vitality is doubtless due to the cold weather at the time the 

 flah were shipped and during their stay in Columbia. Bulletin U. 8. F. C. 



ROLLED UP IN A NEWSPAPER. 



GATES MILLS, O., May 1, 1887. 



The tenacity of life in the carp is wonderful. Thomas Baxter, a neigh- 

 bor of mine, recently took a carp from his pond and laid it on the grass for 

 an hour, it was then rolled in a newspaper and carried a journey of ten 

 miles, which occupied two hours more. When taken out of the paper it 



