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This tank was two feel and eight inches deep, and held, when 

 full, aboul ten thousand pounds of water. 



At the other end <>i the car \\as ;i large ice box, the reserves of 



water, six Large cases of Lobsters, and ;i barrel of oysters. 



In the center of the car, and occupying nearly ;ill the room in it. 

 were tin- other portable tanks for carrying the fish. <>ur beds were on 

 the top of the ];n-'_ r <' stationary tank, which, of course was covered. The 

 Large tank was ; i N < • .i n-.i 1 1 *_!<■< l so thai we could take on water on ;i Large 

 scale from the water works ;ii the railroad stations en route. This 

 proved in be a very great convenience, and was in fad indispensable. 



When we Left Charlestown, X. II.. tin' car contained upward of — 

 Black Bass from Lake Champlain Orystes disdains. 



11 <;l;iss-ryrd Perch, from Lake Champlain Lucio perca, 

 lid Fellow Perch from Missisquoi River Perca flavescens. 



BO Young Vdlow Perch from .\Iissis<|imi River Perca flavescens. 



12 Bull Heads Horn poutsi. from Missisquoi River Pimelodus. 

 Iio Catfish from Raritan River Pimelodus. 



20 Tautogs from near Martha's Vineyard Tautoga Americana. 

 1500 s ; ,lt Water Eels from Martha's Vineyard Anguilla. 

 looo Young Trout from Charlestown, X. II.. Salmo fontinalis. 

 102 Lobsters from Massachusetts Bay and Wood's Hole 

 1 Barrel of Oysters from Massachusetts Bay. 



Supplies of Minnows for feed fish. 



The Black Bass, Bull Heads. Cat fish, and part of the Lobsters, 

 were full grown and heavy with spawn. 



Besides the fish above enumerated, I took on at Albany— 



40,000 Fresh Water Eels from the Hudson, and arranged for 

 20.000 Shad and Shad Eggs, Alosa praestabilis, from the Hudson, to 

 overtake us at Chicago. 



The receptacles for holding the fish consisted of — 

 1 large stationary tank, 8 feet square and 2 feet 8 inches deep. 

 1 round wooden 70-gallon tank. 

 1 round 50-gallon tank. 

 3 round 30-gallon tanks. 

 3 conical-shaped 30-gallon tanks. 

 6 conical 10-gallon tin cans. 



1 conical 15-gallon tin can. 

 3 round 9-gallon tin cans. 



2 thirty-five gallon casks. 



6 large cases (containing the Lobsters). 



The total capacity of the whole, excluding the Lobster cases, 

 being about 16,000 pounds of water. 



Besides the vessels for holding the fish the car contained the fol- 

 lowing articles : 



1 large 120-gallon cask, filled with ocean water. 

 1 sixty-gallon cask, filled with ocean water. 

 1 large ice box. 

 -| barrel of live moss. 

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2 



barrel of water plants. 



Curd and meal for feed. 



1 bushel of salt for killing parasites. 



The aerating apparatus referred to — 



