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(•iii('r_ucnci('s. Sliould it he incomciiioiit to traiisfiM' tlu' i'g,ys 

 from the iilacc (if t-aptui-c to the liatclicrv at onrv. tlic whole 

 stat-k can he set into a hrook and rest tliere over ni.iiiit or even 

 lony-er. In ease of a sndden failnre of water in the liatehery. or 

 of the hnihlini;- takin,i:- hre. it is hul the w(M-k of a very short time 

 to rcmoxe the e.i;;i;s to a phicc of safety. ! f . in sneh an enier- 

 o'cncy, anotlier phice in water cannot he innnediatelv ])i'ovided. 

 tlie stacks of e^u.^s can he phiccd in a celhir or otliei- phice where 

 exti'emes of temperature can he avoided and there wait safely for 

 sevei'al <hiys the preparation of a phice for their reception. Xo 

 system known to me is so independent of a fall of water at the 

 hatchei'y. It is ])ossil)h' to safcdy carry e,u',i;s tlirono'h the whole 

 ])erio(l of incnhation u]) to the jioint of hatehin.ii'. with half an 

 inch fall in Id feet. Shonid there he no availal)le site foi- devel- 

 opinu-troniihs on the land, it would he (piite possihie to use a 

 1i(!atin,u- trouiih. with an ()})enin^u at each end foi' in.u'ress and 

 I'j^rcss of water, of anv size demanded hy the streiiii-fh of the cnr- 

 reiit. This miiiht he a \-ery useful ai'rangenient at some collect- 

 i-n_u- stations: the e.u'.iis conid remain as many days as convenient 

 in the lloatinu' troniiii and then taken out and transferred on the 

 same trays and in the same stack-fi'ames to e\en a very distant 

 hatchery: and hy takin,!;' the ])recantion to pack the s])ace he- 

 twcen each layer of eii\iis and the tray ahove it with sofi material — 

 say moss Ix'tween ])ieces of cloth — this transfer can he made snc- 

 cosfnlly at the most (hdicate stai^'c of dev(do])inent. This was ac- 

 tually done \vith a lot of salmon ci^-gs transferred in Xovember, 

 l!i )4. fi'om Craig iBrook to the auxiliary station at Little Sprinii' 

 Brook on the npper Penol)Scot rivei'. a distance of 114 miles, of 

 which 1>!0 miles was hy rail, ? miles hy wagon on a rough road 

 and 1 I miles on a sled. The eggs were ])acked Nov. 14. started 

 Nov. l.'). anil reached theii- destination Xov. Ki: and the loss en 

 route was less than one pel' cent. Among other eggs in the same 

 ])ackage, all at the stages when handling is usually a\-oided. ilu're 

 was one lot of 'l.'iiU) vixy:^. 1 o days from im])regnation, (in water 

 of 4(;i/>° F. Xov. 1 and 42° F. Xov. 14), in which the end)ryo 

 had s])read to cover one-third of the surfaci' of the y<ilk. — a very 

 delicate stage. Ill this lot hut three dead eggs could he found 

 on uiiiia(4\ing and 14 the next day. 



The water snnnlv to the hatcherv is only rou'ihlv littered and 



