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will, therefore, suffer materially in transit.- In a case of 
emergency, such as the purchaser being called from home 
suddenly, someone else. should .be appointed to attend to the 
fish on arrival at their destination, and in cases where this is 
impracticable an easy way out of the difficulty is for a man 
to accompany them who is qualified to see them properly 
attended to. , 
The net used for taking yearlings may be constructed in 
several ways. The ordinary yearling net is simply a seine which 
is made large enough to bag considerably in being drawn through 
the water. Mosquito netting makes a good material, and a brass 
chain with a few leaden weights attached is useful for the bottom 
edge of the net. A good heavy weight, say about four pounds, 
should be attached to each end of this chain; that is at the bottom 
corners of the net, so as to keep them down. No floats or corks 
areneeded. Another very useful net is one attached to a large iron 
rim and suspended by four cords from a pole or handle. This is 
let down to the bottom of the pond and the fish driven on to it, 
or fed over it, when it is suddenly lifted, full of fish. This is the 
best method for ponds containing a large number of trout, as it 
does not disturb the bottom at all, and there is no fear of getting 
a lot of mud or other objectionable matter in the net, which may 
sometimes happen when using a seine or draw net. The contents 
may be discharged into a tub or some other convenient vessel placed 
at the pond side, and from this tub the fish may be poured into 
buckets, the counting being done as they pass over, and the 
sorting may be managed by means of a small hand net. At this 
stage they must be manipulated very delicately, and should. be 
handled. as little as possible. A novice will make considerable 
bungling at the work, and will probably injure some of them, but 
with practice all can be done quite easily and without doing any 
harm whatever. 
At this stage it is not necessary to give the fish doses of earth 
as has been recommended for the fry. They are so much larger 
and stronger that they themselves stir up the matter that is at the 
bottom and on the sides of a pond by their movements, and in 
this way they get the benefit of the earth that is at hand. The 
bottoms of the ponds should be kept as clean as is practicable. 
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