lai'ge scale from the waterworks at the railroad stations en route. This 

 proved to be a very great convenieuce, aud was, in fact, indispensable. 



" When we left Charlestown, New Hampshire, the car contained up- 

 wards of: 



"Sixty black bass from Lake Champlain (grysfes fasciatus). 



"Eleven glass-eyed perch from Lake Champlain (lucio perca). 



"One hundred and ten yellow perch from Missisquoi Elver (perca 

 fiavescens). 



"Eighty young yellow perch from Missisquoi Eiver (perca fiavescens). 



"Twelve bullheads (horn pouts), from Missisquoi River (p<wie/o(iMS). 



"One hundred aud ten cattish from Earitan Eiver (plmdodus). 



"Twenty tautogs from near Martha's Vineyard (tautoga Americana'). 



"One thousand five hundred salt water eels from Martha's Vineyard 

 (anguilla). 



" One thousand young trout from Charlestown, New Hampshire (salmo 

 fontlnalis). 



'•One hundred aud sixty-two lobsters from Massachusetss Bay and 

 Woods Hole. 



" One barrel of oysters from Massachusetts Bay. 



"Supplies of minnows for feed fish. 



"The black bass, bullheads, catfish, and part of the lobsters, were 

 full grown and heavy with spawn. 



" Eesities the fish above enumerated, I took on at Albany forty thou- 

 sand fresh water eels Irom the Hudson, and arranged for twenty thousand 

 shad and shad eggs (alosa pra^stabilis), from the Hudson, to overtake us 

 at Chicago. 



" The receptacles for holding the fish consisted of one large stationary 

 tank, eight feet square and two feet eight inches deep. 



" One round wooden seventy gallon tank. 



"One round fifty-gallon tank. 



"Three round thirty-gallon tanks. 



" Three conical-shaped thirty-gallon tanks. 



"Six conical ten-gallon tin cans. 



"One conical fifteen-gallon tin can. 



"Three round nine-gallon tin cans. 



"Two thirty-fivegallon casks. 



"Six large cases (containing the lobsters). 



"Tlie total capacity of the whole, excluding the lobster cases, being 

 about sixteen thousand pounds of water. 



" Besides the vessels for holding the fish, the car contained the follow- 

 ing articles: 



''One large one hundred and twenty-gallon cask, filled with ocean 

 water. 



"One sixty-gallon cask, filled with ocean water. 



" One large ice box. 



" One half barrel of live moss. 



"One half barrel of water plants. 



" Curd and meal for feed. 



"One bushel of salt for killing parasites. 



"The aerating apparatus referred to. 



" One alcohol stove. 



" One set carpenter's tools. 



" Two lanterns. 



"Two hammocks. 



"Two spring beds. 



