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to the attendant in nearly the following 

 form : — 



1. Keep the water thoroughly aerated by 



using the bellows every 15 minutes. 



2. Keep them in water of the same tem- 



perature as that to which they have 

 been accustomed. This can be 

 effected by means of ice. 



3. Use the water in which they have 



been reared, and keep everything 

 clean about them. 



4. Take out all dead fish at least once a 



day, as they putrefy quickly and foul 

 the water. 



5. Give them a fresh supply of the same 



water if possible, or of water equally 

 pure, every 24 hours, and give but 

 little food in transit. 



6. Tobacco smoke will surely kill them. 



7. Turn out about 20 or 30 in one 



place 'in shallows, and do not subject 



them to a too sudden change of 



temperature. 



Abundance of space in the cans is of great 



importance, especially for large fish. Two 



thousand alevins have been carried success- 



