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S 
ws 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 
was probably weakened by con- 
finement for so long a time in its 
very narrow quarters, and possi- 
bly the oxygen supply ran a lit- 
tle short. Of course the jour- 
ney was made entirely without 
food. 
Mr. Gundelach had previous- 
ly made successful experiments 
in shipping for the shorter dis- 
tances in Europe, but nothing 
paralleling the present experi- 
ment has thus far been under- 
taken. The particular advan- 
tage in this method is that speci- 
mens can be sent apparently any 
distance without any care what- 
ever during transit, and so do- 
ing away entirely with the ex- 
pense of an attendant or any 
special machinery for aerating 
the water. its (5 () 
AQUARIUM EXHIBITS. 
HE collection of living ani- 
mals is at present the most 
complete in the history of the 
Aquarium, and without doubt 
portant that the experiment has succeeded, and presents the greatest display of living fishes 
you can now exchange any specimens with any ever brought together in any aquarium. 
European institution in this 
Way.” 
INTRODUCING OXYGEN FROM THE STEEL BOTTLE INTO THE GLASS JAR. 
In order to learn what losses, 
if any, might be laid to tempera- 
ture, Mr. Albers, second officer 
of the ship, kindly consented to 
make daily records of the tem- 
perature of the room in which 
the crates were placed through- 
out the voyage. His report in- 
dicates a gradual decrease from 
73° to 66° Fahrenheit, and Mr. 
Gundelach informs me in his let- 
ter that it was as low as 63° in 
Germany at the time the speci- 
mens arrived there. The beau 
gregory, being a tropical fish, 
evidently did succumb to the 
cold, but the cunner is a north- 
ern form and the same explana- 
tion will not apply. The speci- 
men was probably too large for 
the jar and the supply of oxy- 
gen. It was the largest fish 
sent and was selected to test the 
size limit. It did not, however, , ) Pat, sitet) 
suffocate during shipment, but it SHIPPING CRATES, 
CSREES 
WITH JARS. 
