THE TEANSPOET OF FEY ASB FISH. 99 



CHAPTEE V. 



THE TEANSPOKT OP FEY AND FISH. 



The transport of fry when small is not a very- 

 difficult matter, and the transport of alevins (the 

 small fry with the bag yet attached to them) is 

 even less so. Indeed, in this latter instance I 

 make no doubt that the plan of swinging the can 

 advocated for ova at page 76 would answer well 

 enough. In sending fry, however, it is not safe to 

 send them without an attendant for a journey of 

 any length. Cool weather is a great advantage in 

 the conveyance of fry, and a little fresh water from 

 time to time equally so. When I wish to be very 

 sure about the conveyance of fry, I usually write 

 to some station-master on any line, and ask him to 

 allow one of the porters to have a pail full of river- 

 water ready, which has never yet been refused. It 

 must be river-water, however, as pump-water would 

 inevitably kill the fry, consequently a station with a 

 stream handy to it should be selected. If I cannot 

 obtain it in this way, I make the attendant take two 

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