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in a tank, occasionally changing the water. They bore 

 the journey and exhibition admirably and without loss, 

 receiving a well-deserved diploma. 



4. In the fall of the same year we caught live salmon in 

 a stake net on the Mirimichi River, confined them for a 

 while in a pen made in the river, conveyed them from the 

 pen eleven miles, closely packed in a creel, and put them 

 into a pond. At first many of them became covered with 

 fungus and died, but as the water grew colder the trans- 

 portation injured them less and less, and late in the fall 

 they suffered very little from handling. 



5. In December, 1868, in very cold weather, nearly 

 200,000 salmon spawn, the eye-spots then becoming visible, 

 were packed, at the salmon establishment on the Mirimi- 

 chi, in moss in baskets, and the baskets in large boxes, 

 and taken 100 miles on a sled, 100 miles by rail, 250 miles 

 by steamer, and 220 miles more by rail. They arrived 

 at the Cold Spring Trout Ponds in good condition. 



6. The same winter salmon spawn and trout spawn 

 packed in moss were sent to Mr. Frank T. Buckland, 

 H. B. M. Commissioner of Fisheries. The trout spawn 

 arrived in England in first-rate condition, and also that 

 portion of the salmon eggs which did not hatch on the 

 way, but it was so late in the season that some of the 

 embryos hatched and perished. 



7. In the spring of 1869, 3,000 salmon fry were sent in 

 two twelve-gallon cans to the South Side Sportsmen's Club, 

 Long Island, in care of an attendant. The water was kept 

 cold with ice, and the salmon did well till about 10 P. M., 

 when they were on the New York steamer, and had been 

 sixteen hours on their journey. At this time the water 

 was partly changed, and water from the boat was used. 

 Nearly 2,000 died immediately, the rest reaching their des- 

 tination safely. 



8. Another lot of 2,000, to make up this loss, was sent 



