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temptation to go to Europe on a free trip was strong 

 within the boy ; but I was not satisfied about tempera- 

 tures and did not wish another failure. My answer 

 was: "Not ready; let them go." I do not remember 

 the details of their apparatus, but do know that their 

 eggs were all dead before the ship got outside of 

 Sandy Hook. The Rochester "Express"of August 

 24, 1875, gives Mr. Green's opinion that jarring in 



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 Original Beh and Mather Cone. 



transit from Holyoke to New York killed the eggs; 

 but, if so, he should have seen this before starting, 

 for he knew a dead shad egg when he saw it. The 

 "Express" says : "The eggs were packed in ice," and 

 that tells the story, to me. 



After we had worked out our problem. Bell and I 

 went to Holyoke and put up our hatcher in the kitchen 

 of the hotel, and Prof. Milner said: "You've found 



