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they were obliged to be left standing in the yard. 

 As the weather was very hot indeed, the fish showed 

 symptoms of exhaustion, and fresh water was given 

 to them. In moving them ahout from can to can 

 about two-thirds of them were inconsiderately poured 

 into a pail. This paU. chanced to be one of the 

 brew-house paUs, and, though apparently perfectly 

 clean, there can be no doubt that the wood was 

 saturated with carbonic-acid; for the instant the 

 fish touched the bottom nine-tenths of them turned 

 up dead. I never saw so direful and sudden a 

 slaughter. For a thousand fry a good large bait- 

 can is as good a medium of conveyance as any. 



The larger fish are, the more difficult it becomes 

 to transport them. Pish so tenacious of life as eels, 

 tench, carp, and even jack, may be transported with 

 tolerable ease. The salmonidse require more care 

 and attention. In Holland, tench and carp are con- 

 veyed to market in wet moss, are put into tanks, and 

 if not sold are re-consigned to the wet moss, and taken 

 home again. Indeed I have heard of their being 

 kept for a considerable time in wet moss during 

 the winter. Young salmon, trout, or grayling are 

 more difficult to transport, particularly salmon. The 

 best apparatus for moving the larger fish is Mr. Eyre's 

 fish-carrier. This is a large vessel, with a force- 



