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[March 16, 1907. 
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TRADE MARK. 
80 Years’ Experience in Every Can 
EDWARD SMITH & CO., Mfrs. of Smith’s Spar Coating, 45 Broadway, NewYork 
SHIPPING LIVE FISH. 
Consul General Richard Guenther writes 
from Frankfort that experiments made in Ger¬ 
many with reference to cheap transportation of 
live fish have demonstrated that all kinds of 
fish can live for days outside of their natural 
element, water, under certain conditions. 
This apparently wonderful fact will be easily 
understood by examining the breathing ap¬ 
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similar to the human lungs; the blood in them 
comes up close to the surface. The lungs ex¬ 
change for the outside air, rich in oxygen, car¬ 
bonic acid which has been formed in the lungs. 
On the other hand, the gills of fish are con¬ 
stantly washed by water containing oxygen. The 
thin membrance of the gills separates the blood 
in them, vitiated with carbonic acid, from the 
water containing oxygen and the practical re¬ 
sult is the same as with the human lungs. Car¬ 
bonic acid is exchanged for oxygen. 
It had been noticed long ago that many kinds 
of fish could live out of water for some time, 
provided that the gills remain wet. The experi¬ 
ments made aimed at keeping the gills wet and 
to see to it that this moisture be well charged 
with oxygen. In order to keep the gills wet 
the evaporation of the moisture of the gills had 
to be prevented; for this purpose the fish were 
placed in an atmosphere thoroughly saturated 
with water vapor. An hermetically closed 
wooden box was filled with water to the depth 
of about one-third of an-inch, or the v b°tt° m was 
covered with wet rags, which through evapora¬ 
tion kept the air in the box always saturated 
with water vapor. The fish were placed in a 
box which was then shut hermetically by the lid. 
Through a tube, reaching to the bottom, 
oxygen was introduced and allowed to escape 
through a tube in the lid. This oxygen before 
entering the box passed through several water 
bottles which thoroughly saturated it with water 
vapor. In this way the fish are always in a 
pure oxygen atmosphere and a drying up of the 
gills is not to be feared. The result of the ex¬ 
periments was surprising. Carp, tench, bleak, 
and other fish remained in the box for from 
three to four days perfectly well. When they 
were then placed into water to be fed they swam 
about in a lively manner. 
It is expected that this mode of transportation 
for fish will become popular, as it is much more 
economical than shipping live fish in water tanks. 
By the latter method every shipment was 93 to 
96 per cent, water.-—Consular Reports. 
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