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constant aeration of the waiter. Sir S. Lakeman 

 observed that so long as the barrels were in motion 

 the fish remaiaed lively, and it was only during the 

 stoppages at stations, &c., that they exhibited signs 

 of distress. A servant was directed to remain by the 

 barrels throughout the journey, and at intervals of 

 two or three hours to pour in a bottle of fresh 

 water. 



" Sir S. Lakeman started (as I have stated) from 

 Kopacheni on August 23d. He brought the fish, by 

 Bucharest, to Giurgevo, a distance of fifty miles ; 

 thence by steamer to Basias (in Transylvania), and so 

 on by railway to Pesth, Vienna, ISTuremburg, Cologne, 

 Brussels, and Boulogne. The larger fish died first, 

 all but the six-pounder, which endured to Vienna ; 

 and he only died there, it is supposed, because the 

 servant in charge put his barrel into a stable, and it 

 is likely that the ammoniacal atmosphere of the 

 place disagreed with him. It should be noticed that 

 during the lifetime of this gentleman some of the 

 smaller fish which had been drafted into his barrel 

 disappeared- very mysteriously, and a large number 

 of specimens of the ' tiger eel ' of the Danube, which 

 were assigned to him as travelling companions, were 

 also non est. 



" The difficulties which had to be contended with 



