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perforated bottom to let the air in, and to pack the 

 boxes themselves in a tin pail, somewhat larger, and 



to fill in with sawdust. 

 This is a simple, com- 

 pact, and safe way, and 

 is the best now known, 

 unless it is Mr. Wil- 

 mot's method.* The 

 packing of the eggs in 

 moss should be done 

 as follows : Fill a large 

 pan, a little deeper than 

 the packing-box, with 

 water. Make a bed of 

 moss about half an inch 

 deep on the bottom of 

 the box, and sink the 

 box in the pan of water. 



Wilmot's Packing-Box. 



The bottom layer should be a single bunch of some 

 kind of the finer common mosses, which are found 

 almost anywhere in the woods. The subsequent lay- 

 ers should be the damp rank moss which grows in 

 swamps, and is known by the name of Sphagnum. 

 Then take the required number of eggs from the 



is not to have any rule about it. Make your tin boxes to match 

 the size of the pails in which they are packed. 



* Mr Wilmot's method of packing fish eggs is a very excellent 

 one. His apparatus consists of a cylindrical can of tin, say fifteen 

 inches in diameter, having two walls or sides, one within the 

 other, on the refrigerator principle. The annular space between 

 the two walls is filled with sawdust, to preserve an even tempera- 

 ture within. The cylindrical space enclosed by the inner wall is 



