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  and 
  any 
  work 
  with 
  spawn 
  in 
  water 
  of 
  a 
  lower 
  temperature 
  

   would 
  be 
  in 
  greater 
  part 
  lost 
  time. 
  I'etwcen 
  the 
  two 
  ex- 
  

   tremes 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  ranch 
  preferable, 
  and 
  more 
  profit- 
  

   able 
  to 
  wait 
  until 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  even 
  50*^, 
  before 
  beginning 
  

   operations, 
  than 
  to 
  subject 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  the 
  operators 
  to 
  the 
  

   benumbing 
  effects 
  of 
  38°, 
  and 
  lower, 
  of 
  cold, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   possible 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  at 
  least 
  may 
  be 
  injured 
  by 
  this 
  

   excess 
  of 
  cold. 
  In 
  case 
  however 
  the 
  weather 
  should 
  be 
  very 
  

   cold 
  again 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  it 
  

   might 
  be 
  a 
  wise 
  plan 
  to 
  lake 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  spawn, 
  dryly 
  and 
  

   carefully 
  impregnated, 
  particularly 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  plenty 
  at 
  

   such 
  time, 
  pack 
  it 
  in 
  ice, 
  and 
  keep 
  it 
  until 
  the 
  temperatuic 
  

   moderates 
  to 
  about 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  44°, 
  and 
  then 
  place 
  it 
  in 
  

   the 
  hatching 
  jars, 
  and 
  watch 
  it 
  very 
  carefully, 
  recording 
  the 
  

   result. 
  I 
  have 
  already 
  said 
  that 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   died. 
  The 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  these 
  dead 
  eggs 
  were 
  upon 
  tlie 
  

   bits 
  of 
  grass, 
  rope, 
  moss 
  and 
  twigs, 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  und 
  

   the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  fish 
  came 
  from 
  those 
  eggs 
  which 
  were 
  

   taken 
  on 
  the 
  trays, 
  covered 
  v.ith 
  gauze, 
  and 
  those 
  eggs 
  wliich 
  

   were 
  massed 
  together 
  in 
  tlie 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  jars, 
  in 
  the 
  

   strength 
  of 
  whatever 
  current 
  there 
  was. 
  Tiie 
  live 
  fish 
  which 
  

   were 
  hatched 
  from 
  the 
  million 
  and 
  a 
  half, 
  or 
  more, 
  of 
  eggs, 
  

   were 
  estimated 
  at 
  about 
  four 
  hundred 
  thousand, 
  (400, 
  OOU), 
  

   the 
  remaining 
  eggs 
  b.'ing 
  classified 
  as 
  '' 
  absent 
  or 
  unac- 
  

   counted 
  for." 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  ma3^ 
  with 
  this 
  

   result, 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  successful, 
  considering 
  

   everything. 
  I 
  have 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  these 
  

   dead 
  eggs 
  were 
  upon 
  tlie 
  moss, 
  twigs, 
  ropes, 
  &c. 
  and 
  we 
  

   might 
  be 
  led 
  to 
  judge 
  that 
  these 
  objects 
  were 
  not 
  as 
  fitted 
  

   for 
  supports 
  to 
  the 
  smelt 
  spawn 
  as 
  tlie 
  gauze, 
  or 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  jars. 
  But 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  tliese 
  articles 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  

   very 
  much 
  to 
  blame 
  a''ter 
  all 
  ; 
  perluips 
  they 
  are 
  only 
  litter 
  

   than 
  the 
  gauze 
  to 
  retain 
  and 
  encourage 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  a 
  

   species 
  of 
  fimgus 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  very 
  great 
  abundance 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  jars, 
  sometimes 
  covering 
  the 
  eggs 
  upon 
  the 
  trays 
  

   to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  an 
  eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  more. 
  

  

  