172 Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting. 
A. No. We have experimented with stripping lobsters 
and putting the eggs in the bags, but we find it better to hatch 
the eggs while still on the female. 
Mr. Titcomb: We had some eggs hatched in open-top jars 
at Woods Hole, and experimented with them in two other sta- 
tions, in comparison with the closed-top jar. Most of the super- 
intendents consider the jars equally good, but object to the 
square aquarium into which the open jar empties, because of 
the dead space in the aquarium where the lobster fry, shells, 
etc., collect, and there the fry gets smothered or devoured. 
Dr. Gorham: If the open-top McDonald jars could open 
directly into one of our bags with a rotating fan, it would solve 
the difficulty. 
Mr. Titcomb: We have learned one other thing this las} 
winter. Perhaps you have tried it. We have carried in live 
cars at the Woods Hole station, lobsters throughout the winter, 
which were collected in the fall of the year. That is the first 
time that has ever been attempted with us. 
Dr. Gorham: We have reared lobsters from the egg until 
they were four and five years old, keeping each lobster in a sep- 
arate compartment, sinking cars to the bottom of the channel, 
where they are free from freezing. Those were individual lob- 
sters on which we were making observations for growth, moult- 
ing, etc. We have not kept lobsters throughout the winter on a 
large scale. 
Mr. Titcomb: These were cared for, about 200 lobsters to 
a car. 
Dr. Gorham: They fight so that I think it is better to keep 
them separate. 
Mr. Titcomb: We lost some lobsters. Mr. Locke stated 
that he thought some had been stolen, as there was no remnant 
of lobster found where they had disappeared. 
It seems to me this work is getting into a state where we all 
ought to take hold of it. The bureau ought to take hold of it 
and follow on, starting from where you now have it. But it 
