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the sickly fish at the surface were soon killed. Those that were 
in better condition headed down in the cans and were all right. 
Notwithstanding all the delay at the railway station we turned the 
fish into the loch with an actual loss of only some five per cent., 
which could have been prevented had we started at once. 
At the loch-side, however, another delay seemed imminent. 
The keeper said the fish were not to be turned out until the 
purchaser had seen them, and on inquiry I found it would be at 
least two hours before he could arrive, and as events afterwards 
proved, it was over three hours instead of two. It was rather 
trying to stand there arguing the matter, knowing that every five 
minutes was of importance, and seeing the little fish already 
gasping in some of the cans. I soon made up my mind, how- 
ever. I had gone there to turn out fish and not to stand by and 
see them murdered, so I got to work, and turned the fish out to 
save their lives, reserving a few, which we put into a small hole 
we found near, to serve as a sample of the bulk. The wait at the 
station I had no control over, but here, with the loch before me, 
and the cans of fish standing at its margin, the case was 
different. 
I have known several instances in which trout have been 
received in the evening and left standing in the cans all night, 
with what result it would be needless to explain; and yet it is 
really necessary to say for the benefit of many that trout, if left 
standing in cans, will soon die. During transit the water in the 
carriers is in constant motion, and the fish are thus kept in a 
healthy and lively condition. The trying portion of a journey is 
the wait at the junction, and this has to be duly considered 
before the fish are started off, and the bulk of water in which they 
are travelled regulated accordingly, as well as the condition of the 
fish themselves. Trout in their normal condition will not travel ; 
they require careful preparation for a journey, and according to 
the length of the journey, so is the course of the preparation 
regulated. The pollution of the water by the fish themselves is 
one of the points to be carefully guarded against, otherwise it is 
most fatal. Some water in which trout live very well has been 
found absolutely unfit for them to travel in. The old plan of 
changing the water ex route has been proved to be a very bad 
