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told him that on one occasion he was carry- 

 ing three soda-water bottles, containing 

 fertilised ova, slung in a handkerchief, to 

 prevent even the concussion arising from the 

 motion of his body in walking, when one of 

 the bottles slipped from his hand and fell 

 upon the earth. The result was that not a 

 single ovum in that bottle hatched, though 

 they were treated exactly in the same 

 manner as the rest of the batch from the 

 same fish — fertilised at the same time with 

 milt of the same male — which did well. 

 After this the writer was prepared to believe 

 that the task of conveying them to Australia 

 was hopeless, with this, among many more 

 obvious and serious difficulties, to be over- 

 come. 



The idea of transporting the young fry 

 seems never to have been seriously enter- 

 tained — -at least it was never tried. A ship 

 specially constructed could not have carried 

 enough water, nor could it be kept in 

 proper condition to supply the fish with a 

 constant stream for three months, and the 

 continual and often violent movement in 



