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over the water, or stuck into the bank, and the whole supported,. 
so that the rim of the net is a little above the surface. The fish 
will soon recover on being placed in such a receptacle, and may 
then be safely dipped and ‘turned into the pond. 
The only case in which I remember being in any difficulty 
with large fish in transit was once during some hot weather early 
in October, when I travelled a lot by special request, but in 
opposition to my own advice. I lost eight .on this occasion out of 
two hundred. 
Two-year-olds are good fish for stocking purposes, but they 
require a large bulk of water, and the risk attending their transit 
is greater than in the case of yearlings, which can now be travelled 
with perfect safety, and quite easily to any part of this country, or 
on to the continent of Europe. Yearlings are undoubtedly the 
best fish for stocking purposes, inasmuch as they may really 
be called fish, which can perhaps hardly be said, from a practical 
point of view, of fry. It is in the fry stage that the great loss 
occurs, which all fish culturists have to guard against by every 
means in their power. 
A difficulty that has for years baffled the attempts of both 
scientific and practical men to bridge over, is no small one, and 
although it has now been overcome by experienced fish culturists, 
yet it still remains a source of considerable danger. A few hours’ 
neglect, or a little carelessness or mismanagement, may sacrifice 
ninety per cent. of the little fish, and it will thus be seen that, in 
the hands of the inexperienced, trout in their infancy stand a 
pretty good chance of being killed, often, it may perhaps be, with 
too much intended kindness. Yearlings are as safe as fish can be, 
and unless very clumsily managed by the recipient, there should 
be little or no risk attending their introduction into new water. 
It is well known that trout are keenly sensible to temperature, 
and that a very rapid change, such as a sudden transference to 
water a good many degrees warmer or colder, is very prejudicial, 
and will sometimes even kill them outright, and that very 
speedily. They are frequently travelled in iced water, so that the 
chances are that the water into which they are about to be 
introduced is higher in temperature. In certain cases ice is 
necessary to ensure their safety during transit. On arrival at their 
