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pump attached, by means of -which air can be driven 

 through the water.' Thus the water is kept aerated 

 and wholesome. When this apparatus is put in 

 action, fish that have previously appeared sickly, and 

 have been turning on their sides in an apparently 

 dying condition, instantly dive to the bottom and 

 assume their natural position. By this means large^ 

 ish fish may be conveyed a considerable distance." 

 If one or two, however, really die, they should always 

 be speedily removed; and this should not be done 

 by the hand, but by means of a small net ; indeed, 

 the hand should not be used in contact with live 

 fish oftener than is positively unavoidable. 



^ The following description of the Fish-oarrier is from the pen o 

 Mr. Eyre himself : — 



" The apparatus consists of a zinc cylinder, about three feet high 

 and two feet diameter, with a strong iron handle running .round 

 the middle. To the top a small force-pump is attached, and by this 

 fresh air is forced through a star^shaped distributor at the bottom 

 of the cylinder. A ring-net, to bring the fish up for inspection, 

 and a loose concave rim, to prevent splashing over, completes it." 



The reader can extemporize a fish-carrier from a nine-gallon or 

 larger cask ; this must be thoroughly sweetened in the first place. 

 Fasten a small force-pump down the inside, and from the bottom of 

 it carry a small leaden pipe across the bottom of the cask. This 

 pipe should be drilled full of small holes, and at every stroke of 

 the pump a shower of air bubbles rushes through the water. The 

 top should not be thoroughly open, but a large round hole should 

 be cut for air. 



' Large grayling have been conveyed » distance of 250 miles 

 in it with little damage or loss. 



