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excessive motion, soon caused the death of all the 

 Ova which had been placed in it. 



But if the Ova had not nearly all perished from 

 the cause referred to, the failure of the ice, 74 days 

 after the sailing of the vessel, must necessarily 

 have led to the same disastrous result ; although 

 on board a fast vessel its duration for that j)eriod 

 might have been sufficient. 



Mr. Eamsbottom calculates that at least two- 

 thirds of the ice embarked, amounting to 25 tons, 

 were lost by melting. 



The Commissioners are, however, of opinion that 

 a great part of this excessive waste was due to the 

 faulty construction of the Ice-house, and the mode 

 in which the stream of water was made to pass 

 through it from the tanks to the trays. They 

 believe that such improvements could be made as 

 would certainly guard against this source of failure, 

 and secure the preservation of the ice for a period 

 much beyond that occupied in an ordinary voyage 

 from England to this Colony.* 



At an early period of the voyage, Mr. Eams- 

 bottom discovered another source of disaster, 

 which, if he had not been able to remove it, by the 

 detention of the vessel at Scilly, would alone have 

 caused the destruction of the Ova. 



It was found that the water contained in the 



=■■ The ice-house was in fact most carefully constructed. 



