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Lake Champlain shad (whitefish) cannot be transported 

 in the spring. 



10. In September, 1869, ten large trout, hatched at 

 Charlestown, and measuring nearly a foot in length, were 

 taken for exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston. 

 They survived the journey very well, although they were 

 kept two days and one night in a tank of forty gallons of 

 water. They were ultimately placed in a glass tank in the 

 rotunda of Quincy Hall, where an arrangement had been 

 made to run a constant stream of water over them. The 

 temperature of the water varied from 65 to 73°, but was 

 kept down somewhat with ice. The trout lived about ten 

 days when they all died. A second lot was sent for, which 

 survived the remaining two weeks of the exhibition. They 

 received a silver medal and the diploma of the Associa- 

 tion. 



11. In May, of 1870, I transported. 1,000 yearling trout 

 to North Brookfield, log miles, three changes of cars, 

 twelve hours' journey. They were taken in a tank and two 

 barrels, with about eighty gallons of water, which was kept 

 very cold, and well aerated. Forty-one died on the journey. 



12. On the 20th of May, the same year, one very hot 

 day, I carried 10,000- trout fry to Bristol, Conn., 13& miles,, 

 twelve hours, with three changes of cars. They were car- 

 ried in six twelve-gallon cans, with about fifty gallons of 

 water. Only seven died on the way. 



13. In the fall of 1870 I carried 20,000 trout spawn, 

 just taken, in a pail of water, seven miles in a wagon, with- 

 out loss. 



14. In the spring of 1871 I sent 10,000 trout fry to Nor- 

 way, Me., 120 miles by rail, 100 by boat, and 40 miles 

 more by rail. The journey took twenty-eight and a half 

 hours. They were carried in a tank, in forty to fifty gal- 

 lons of water, and plenty of ice. There was a loss of 

 about 500, many of which had been bruised by the ice. 



