52 IN MEMORIAM—T. J. MOORE. 
jar. The jar could be hung up by this ring so as to swing freely with 
the motions of the ship without any friction, and its contents could 
always be under observation, thus making it a source of interest and 
attraction to the captain and others on board. There was much 
less likelihood of the contents being thrown out than would have 
been the case if it had rested solidly on the ship, and doubtless the 
motion of the water was better suited to the well-being of the fish 
than if it had been still. At any rate experience has proved that up 
to the present this has been the most successful means of transport- 
ing living fish on long voyages, and Mr. Moore by its means was 
enabled to accomplish the task, previously attempted in vain, of 
sending living soles to America for the purpose of acclimatising 
them to American seas. Dr. Spencer Baird, who was very desirous 
of introducing some of our British food fishes into American waters, 
had sent a special commissioner to England to carry out this object, 
and 700 soles were sent in tubs, but only three arrived alive in America, 
and after other efforts had been made and had failed, Mr. Moore was 
appealed to. He sent a number of the Mortimer Fish Globes each 
containing four soles, and with scarcely a fatality in the whole series 
the soles arrived alive and well in America, these being the first that 
survived the transatlantic voyage. Mr. Moore also tried to 
acclimatise the American Clam (Venus mercenaria), to our coasts, 
and laid down a number of living specimens in the Mersey, but not 
with any decided success. 
But not only was he successful in enlisting the services of sea 
captains for the museum, but many travellers and sportsmen under- 
took, at his request, to obtain specimens for the museum, and many 
rarities were added in this way. One of these deserves special 
mention, on; .Account of its striking appearance and gr eat rarity in 
on as 
Literary and Philosophical. ery and published in their 
proceedings. 
my good fortune to be associated with Mr. Moore, as 
principal assistant in the museum, for seven years, and I have 
always retained for him feelings of sincere regard and _ affection. 
His kindness of heart and intensely sympathetic nature, together 
with his ever ready help in promoting the comfort and welfare of 
those associated with him, endeared him to all the staff, all of whom 
felt it a pleasure to carry out his wishes. Mr. Moore was a man of 
untiring energy, and he would continue at any work he had in hand 
without any regard, for the time being, to the desirable calls for 
Naturalist, 
