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to be done on a journey of 18 or 20 hours' 

 duration, if the fish have plenty of room, and 

 no food be given to them; but in a long 

 journey the water gets foul, and should then 

 be changed. Good water from a spring or 

 running creek, free from mineral taint, is the 

 best, or rain water if good, but changing the 

 water is somewhat dangerous ; and the tem- 

 perature should be carefully attended to, so 

 as to prevent a too sudden shock to the fish. 

 A lower temperature than 50 deg. for salmon 

 or trout is unnecessary in transit, and if too 

 low it may even be dangerous, though higher 

 than 60 deg. should be avoided. Before 

 placing the fish in the fresh water, its tem- 

 perature should be brought as near as possible 

 to that from which they have been taken, or 

 the water brought to the desired temperature 

 by pouring in fresh water slowly. Fish do not 

 seem to suffer by being poured out with the 

 water from one vessel to another ; and by the 

 use of a small net made by stretching some 

 mosquito netting over a hoop of wire, the fish 

 can be transferred from one can to another, 

 and their number ascertained, by only allow- 

 ing a few to go on the net with a little water 



