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to meet them, to renew the water on the 

 journey, and was found of great service. 



In China, live fish are carried to market on 

 barges and boats down the rivers and canals, 

 in tanks into which a constant shower of 

 water is allowed to fall from a bamboo pierced 

 with holes and connected with another tank, 

 which is replenished from time to time. The 

 water, by being brought into contact with the 

 air, gets aerated, and so keeps the fish supplied 

 with oxygen, and in a healthy state. An eye- 

 witness was surprised to find that, after the 

 great care that was taken of the fish on the 

 journey, when they reached their destination 

 they were taken out of the water, and pitched 

 into a boat in the most careless way, to be 

 carried off to the market for sale. 



The great secret of success in transporting 

 live fish safely, is to keep the water in which 

 they are carried at the same temperature as 

 that to which they have been accustomed, by 

 using ice if necessary ; and to have the water 

 constantly and thoroughly aerated. For all 

 the varieties of salmon and trout, a low tem- 

 perature in transit is much safer than a com- 

 paratively high one. At 50 to 55 deg. the risk 



