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supervise the construction of the ice-house, 

 •each packing his boxes in his own manner. 

 On the 8th of January, 1876, Mr. Youl 

 packed 40,000 ova taken by Mr. Eams- 

 bottom from the Hodder, and placed them 

 on the floor of the ice-house. The cold 

 was intense, and many of the eggs were 

 frozen and turned white, while the moss 

 had to be thawed at the ship's galley fire 

 before it could be used. On the 11th Mr. 

 Auckland brought 70,000 ova to the ship, 

 already packed by his own method and 

 taken from Lancashire rivers and fertilized 

 by himself. These were also placed on the 

 floor beside the others, and 15,000 more 

 brought on the 13th by him and placed in 

 the middle of the ice, as the floor was already 

 occupied. On the 14th about 60,000 more 

 were brought from the Severn and packed 

 by Mr. Youl and deposited at the very top 

 ■of the ice-house (the boxes being clamped 

 together and made immovable), which was 

 smaller than any hitherto built, and con- 

 tained about nineteen tons of ice. Thus 

 there were 90,000 of Mr. Youl's packing 



