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taneously obtained ripe fish, full of spawn, which 

 had evidently ascended the rivers a few days after 

 the breaking \xp of the frost. It is a very singular 

 coincidence that these men, who had not the 

 slightest communication with each other (their 

 orders being simply to come up to London by first 

 train as soon as they had obtained 20,000), all 

 arrived laden with Ova between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. 

 on Monday, the 18th instant. 



The East India Dock Company having kindly 

 placed at my disposal a large space in one of their 

 sheds within a few yards of the Norfoljc, I had 

 beforehand made such preparations as enabled me 

 to pack and place safely in the ice-house by 4 p.m. 

 all the Ova obtained." 



The boxes in which the Ova are packed are made 

 of inch pine, 11| inches long, 8f wide, and 5|deep, 

 perforated with holes top, bottom, and sides, to 

 allow the water from the ice as it melts to flow 

 into the boxes, and percolate through the moss and 

 Ova inside. 



The manner of packing is as follows : — A couple 

 of handfuls of charcoal are spread over the bottom 

 of the box, then a layer of broken ice, after this a 

 bed or nest of wet moss is carefully made and well 

 drenched with water ; the Ova are then very gently 

 poured from a bottle which is kept filled with water; 

 the box is now filled up with moss, and pure water 



