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regulation of the temperature still presents a diflflcult problem for experimentation, 
and, as shown further on, too low a temperature is as much to be dreaded as too high 
a one. A solution may be found, however, by making the shipments in the spring or 
autumn. 
THE RETURN TRIP. 
Arrangements were made through Prof. Leslie A. Lee, of the steamer Albatross^ 
to transport a quantity of the large edible (Jalif'ornia crab ( Cancer magister) and also 
of one or more species of California clams to the Atlantic coast, the former species 
especially being regarded as a desirable one for introduction in New England waters. 
Much difSculty was experienced in procuring the crabs, as it was not then the season 
in which they are generally brought to market. A lot of three hundred was finally 
obtained, however, from one of the fishermen, but the specimens were not in good 
condition, having been kept too long before they were delivered at the car. They 
were packed in the crates from which the lobsters had been taken, the rock-weed for 
the packing and the sea-water for the journey having been collected at a point outside 
of San Francisco Bay. The car left San Francisco for the East July 14, via the Cen- 
tral Pacific Eailroad, with a full load, as follows: Three hundred crabs, 15 bushels of 
clams, six California terrapin, fourteen Galapagos tortoises, and several cases of speci- 
mens obtained on a recent cruise of the steamer Albatross. July 15, Mr. Ellis tele- 
graphed from Truckee California, that all the crabs except forty had died. Such a 
result was not unexpected, in view of their condition when received; but with this 
report the experiment ended, for on the next morning, at about 5 oclock, the train to 
which the Fish Commission car was attached was badly wrecked, some 5 miles east of 
Humboldt, Nevada, car No. 3 being thrown upon its side and dragged some distance. 
The contents of the car were scattered over the ground, and the car itself was in no 
condition to continue the journey. Mr. Jansen was severely injured, but the other oc- 
cupants escaped with only bruises and a thorough shaking up. The Galapagos tor- 
toises and the Albatross collections suifered comparatively little damage, and were 
subsequently brought to Washington on the same car. 
THE FIFTH TRIAL— JANUARY, 1889. 
The fifth and last trial so far attempted was made during January, 1889. with the 
same methods followed the previous summer. The destination of the shipment was 
the coasts of Oregon and Washington, by way of the Northern Pacific Railroad. 
Car No. 3 was again selected for the work, being in charge, as before, of Mr. J. F. 
Ellis, assisted by Mr. R. S. Johnson and Mr. Trenholm. The shipment consisted of 
seven hundred and ten lobsters, as follows : Males, two hundred and seventy-nine ; 
females, with eggs, sixty-three ; females without eggs, three hundred and sixty-eight. 
The crates were made in the same manner and of the same size as on the previous trip, 
an additional number being required, however, to accommodate the extra quantity of 
lobsters taken. The car tanks were filled to the very tops, and it is probable that they 
were over-crowded, preventing a sufficient circulation of air. One hundred and seventy 
gallons of sea- water were provided in ten carboys, and this quantity met all demands. 
The packing was done at Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts, January 14, and the car 
left at 4 p. m. the same afternoon, the thermometer registering 38° at the bottom of 
