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part at the proper time, so that, with all the myriad separate details 

 that had to be combined in one whole that morning, not one was over- 

 looked nor forgotten, nor was there a delay or a drawback of any sort 

 to prevent a perfectly successful departure. 



Mr. Perrin arrived at midnight of the third of June, with his car of 

 fish, lobsters, oysters, and ocean water. The next morning they were 

 transferred to the aquarium ear, and the Charlestown collection of 

 fishes put aboard. The tanks were filled; two tons of ice were taken 

 on, and at two o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, June fourth, the 

 second California aquarium car started westward. We were accom- 

 panied by a party of fi-iends as far as South Vernon. All went very 

 smoothly up to this point, but soon after the journals of the car wheels 

 began to heat, and we were kept at work all night and until- noon the 

 next day to keep them cool enough to prevent the car being dropped. 

 We arrived at Albanj'- at midnight of the same day, June fourth. Mr, 

 Green, Mr. Waldo Hubbard, and Mr. Forbes joined us here with the 

 New York fish, and the Shad and Eels which Mr. Monroe Green had 

 very kindly brought from Castleton hiaiself. I must not forget to state 

 here that this lot of Eels — amounting to two thousand — was pi-ocured 

 by Mr. Monroe Green, and that the Sliad — numbering thirtj'-six thou- 

 sand — as well as the Shad which I took to California last year, vvere 

 contributed by the State of New York, from the State hatching works, 

 on the Hudson Eiver, at Castleton, in charge of Mr, Seth Green, and 

 under the immediate care of Mr. Monroe Green, from both of which 

 gentlemen this enterprise, and the similar one of last year, received a 

 great deal of assistance. 



Mr. Willard T. Perrin, one of the aquarium car force of last year, 

 who had accompanied the car to Albany, left us here. Our party now 

 consisted of Myron Green, E. C. Forbes, Waldo Hubbard, Marshall L. 

 Perrin, and myself, all of whom continued with the car to Caliiornia. 



Leaving Albany at half-past twelve, we arrived at Eochester an hour 

 late, the journals heating very badly. At this point Seth Gi'een came 

 aboard and brought us some circular belting, for which I had tele- 

 graphed previously. We took on a ton of ice, and left Pochester twenty 

 minutes after ouf arrival. Reached Suspension Bridge at two P. m. of 

 June fifth. Here we were furnished with a new set of wheels, which 

 delayed us till nine forty-five p. m., when we again resumed our jour- 

 ney, having taken on four tons of fresh water and two tons of ice. It 

 became evident to-day that the salt-water fish would not survive the 

 journey — in fact most of them had not reached the car alive. The car- 

 rying of them was a new thing and had not been experimented upon, 

 and really did not form a part of the original plan of the aquarium 

 car, so that the loss did not seem so discouraging as it might otherwise 

 have done. The fresh- water fish continued in splendid order. We 

 reached Niles, Michigan, the next day, at four o'clock and twenty min< 

 utes P. M., where we met the Hon. George H. Jerome, who had with 

 him a fine lot of Black Bass, which he had very kindly collected at my 

 request. We all felt under great obligations to Mr. Jerome for the 

 pains he had taken to procure the fish, and also for the very kind inter- 

 est and sympathy which he expressed for the success of the expedition. 

 Mr. H. H. Sargent, the Superintendent of the Michigan Central Pail- 

 road, who provided the car, also came aboard at Niles. We owe this 

 gentleman manj^ thanks for the courteous and accommodating spirit 

 which he manifested from beginning to end, in all our dealings with 

 him. 



