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been murdered.” I then took the other two cans, each containing 
a similar number of fish under the same conditions, and gently 
turned them out without losing one of them. I mention this just 
to show how easily fish may be killed by a little want of knowledge 
on the part of the operator. There is now little excuse for such 
an occurrence, as everyone who takes an interest in the matter 
has abundant opportunity for becoming possessed of the necessary 
information to make the turning out of fry a perfectly successful 
operation. 
Yearlings and larger fish require very different treatment. I 
have sent many of them in carboys, and they bear transit well ; 
but metal carriers are found to be more advantageous, as these 
fish are travelled at low temperature and ice is used, and a greater 
bulk of water being required, glass contrivances would not be so 
practicable. The carriers that are in use are, like the carboys, 
constructed on scientific principles, the convenience and comfort 
of the fish during a journey having being well studied. There are 
many different varieties of carriers, and I will describe a few of 
the most useful. 
One that I have seen in use in the United States is a very 
simple affair, consisting of a tub having a wooden lid with a 
six-inch round hole in the centre of it. The lid being sunk a 
little below the top of the tub, any water which may splash out at 
once runs back again. The whole may be covered by a piece of 
perforated wood, zinc, or some netting, or by a funnel-shaped 
vessel in which ice may be placed. Another carrier that is also 
in use in the United States consists of a tin or galvanized iron 
can, bound round with wood, or fitted into a wooden case looking 
something like a cheese box. 
In Germany a wooden apparatus resembling a flattened oak 
barrel is used, which rests on one of its sides, and the fish appear 
to travel in it very well. In the upper side is cut a square hole 
about six inches wide, and into this is fitted a wooden frame made 
with sloping sides, and a bottom covered with perforated zinc. 
Trout packed in these carriers are sent alive to market. 
Oak casks charred inside make excellent vehicles for 
travelling fish, and I have used them most successfully ; but the 
metal carriers commonly in use in this country, and made by 
