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trough, and that they were probably weaklings. Why they were 
weaklings | think is an open question; but I am more inclined 
than ever, after these experiments, to think that the weakness 
must have been originally with the fish, and was not because 
they were lacking food or had failed to get their share, and that 
they would have died anyway. In fact, as was seen in general, 
we found that the fish that were fed liberally, lost more during 
the short periods, five and ten days, than those that had no 
food given them at all. So I think that the probability is, 
that when we are able to investigate that question very closely, 
we shall find that the cause of the death of those fish is generally 
something besides lack of food. 
Mr. Clark: Do you now think from these experiments, that 
you will feel warranted in not hurrying to get your fry out? I 
take it for granted that you have been distributing fry and that 
the aim has been to get them out before they were too old. 
A. Yes. 
Q. And now do you think that you will be warranted in 
taking more time, if necessary, and not hurrying? 
A. Well yes. I think we will be warranted in taking more 
time ; but I would not like that series of experiments to be taken 
as conclusive. We must keep trying, and I hope to be able to 
try the experiment more extensively another season. I shall 
now dare to experiment with a larger number of fish than I did 
before, and possibly I will feel a great deal surer of my ground 
another season than I do now. 
Mr. Dinsmore: I would like to ask if, in the case of the fish 
in the controlled lots, the base on which the percentage was 
reckoned was the same as in the experimental lots: that is to 
say, whether in the controlled lots you had more fish in the 
troughs than in the experimental lots. I did not catch the point. 
A. No, I have a tabulated statement that will answer that 
question. In the case of the first series of Atlantic salmon there 
were 1000 in each case, in the first series of the experimenting : 
and there were 500 in each of the four of the second series of 
experiments; and the control lot was a larger lot containing 
15,000, and was held in quite a number of troughs. I cannot 
state how much room, comparatively, those fish had, but in the 
