APPENDIX II. 



JOURNEYS OF LIVE FISH AND EGGS. 



T) ELOW will be found a brief account of some journeys 

 *-* with live fish, which may serve as a guide to begin- 

 ners. 



i. In May, 1868, I sent 15,000 trout fry to New York 

 City and various intermediate points, in care of Mr. Frank 

 H. Osgood. They left the ponds about 6 A. M., and were 

 carried in ten twelve-gallon tin cans about two thirds full 

 of water. The temperature was kept low and even with 

 ice. The last of the lot did not reach their destination 

 till eleven o'clock the next morning. The water was not 

 changed, but was kept well aerated during the journey. 

 Very few died. Mem. : New tin answers very well to 

 transport fish in, but after it has been standing a long time 

 it should be carefully scoured, as it gathers an oxide which 

 seems to be partly soluble in water, and, at all events, is 

 poisonous to the fish. The young salmon for the Dela- 

 ware River were lost this spring from a similar cause. 



2. The same season I sent by express two lots, of 500 

 trout.fry each, to Providence, R. I., about 120 miles, with- 

 out an attendant. They all died on the way. A lot of 

 500 bass fry sent by express to Framingham, Mass., about 

 100 miles, with two changes of cars, met the same fate. 

 Mem. : It is not safe usually to send live fish without an 

 attendant, at least a part of the way. 



3. In the fall of 1868 Mr. Osgood took several yearling 

 trout to the New England Agricultural Fair at New 

 Haven, 157 miles, and exhibited them for several days 



