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Lake Champlain shad (whitefish) cannot be transported 

 in the spring. 



10. In September, 1869, ten large trout, hatched at 

 Charlestown, and measuring nearly a foot in length, were 

 taken for exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston. 

 They survived the journey very well, although they were 

 kept two days and one night in a tank of forty gallons of 

 water. They were ultimately placed in a glass tank in the 

 rotunda of Quincy Hall, where an arrangement had been 

 made to run a constant stream of water over them. The 

 temperature of the water varied from 65 to 73, but was 

 kept down somewhat with ice. The trout lived about ten 

 days when they all died. A second lot was sent for, which 

 survived the remaining two weeks of the exhibition. They 

 received a silver medal and the diploma of the Associa- 

 tion. 



11. In May, of 1870, I transported 1,000 yearling trout 

 to North Brookfield, 109 miles, three changes o'f cars, 

 twelve hours' journey. They were taken in a tank and two 

 barrels, with about eighty gallons of water, which was kept 

 very cold, and well aerated. Forty-one died on the journey. 



12. On the 2oth of May, the same year, one very hot 

 day, I carried 10,000- trout fry to Bristol, Conn., 138 miles, 

 twelve hours, with three changes of cars. They were car- 

 ried in six twelve-gallon cans, with about fifty gallons of 

 water. Only seven died on the way. 



13. In the fall of 1870 I carried 20,000 trout spawn, 

 just taken, in a pail of water, seven miles in a wagon, with- 

 out loss. 



14. In the spring of 1871 I sent 10,000 trout fry to Nor- 

 way, Me., 1 20 miles by rail, 100 by boat, and 40 miles 

 more by rail. The journey took twenty-eight and a half 

 hours. They were carried in a tank, in forty to fifty gal- 

 lons of water, and plenty of ice. There was a loss of 

 about 500, many of which had been bruised by the ice. 



