THE TKANSPOET OF FKY AOT) PISH. 105 



very distant day, to reintroduce to their old friends, 

 the silnri, in Mr. Francis's pond, 



" By way of preparation for the journey, the Siluri 

 were placed in a water-cask, covered with a net, and 

 placed in a large pond or lake of about thirty acres, 

 belonging to Sir S. Lakeman; which pond abounds 

 with fish, and yields silurus weighing up to 301b. and 

 401b., which may be caught with the line. 



" The contrivance which Sir S. Lakeman adopted 

 for the transport of the fish, and the simplicity of the 

 arrangement whereby he managed to aerate the water, 

 is worthy of great commendation. Of the thirty-six 

 fish which started from Kopacheni, some were com- 

 paratively large (weighing up to 41b., and one of 

 about 61b.), and some were mere fry. They were 

 separated according to sizes, and placed in three 

 barrels of about the capacity of quairter-casks, twelve 

 in a barreL The lids of the barrels were perforated, 

 and inside the lid was a perforated inner lid with a 

 hole in the centre large enough to aUow the fish, or 

 a man's arm, to pass. The barrels were mounted 

 upon rockers, like those of a child's cradle, and being 

 kept about three-parts fuU of water, the motion of 

 the vehicles in which they travelled (whether drawn 

 by horses or driven by steam) rocked them about and 

 kept up a constant splashing, and, consequently, a 



