GAS DISEASE IN FISHES. 



373 



Table II. — Sliowlng composition of yas in lesions of the gus dlseose. 



f< Analysis by Dr. M. X. Sullivan. 



?' About. 



Note. — None of the specimens from which gas .samples were taken had been dead over thirty 

 hours, and most of them a much shorter time. During this period they were in water at 10.5 ° C. 

 There was no sign of putrefaction. The sample from the eyes of scup was taken immediately after 

 the fish W'Cre killed. 



Table III. — Slioidng nitrogen and oxygen content {in cubic centimeters per liter, reduced 

 to 0°C. and 760 mm., dry) of Woods Hole sea water under various conditions. 



