Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-08-08
them die and don't smell nice, and, In
short, they are exasperating."

short, they are exasperetlng.
WONDERS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
While giving this information, the
result uf much talk on both sides, Mr..
Mather courteously showed fish eggs;
demonstrnted how the currents IL the
troughs were controlled illustrated how
eggs were counted by measuring the
bulk of given number In a z ass and
how fry were counted by scooping them
up on a 1at. fan-like net and guessing at
their number, snapped up startled little
fishes into a glass tube TO show what
they looked like, and seized upon stray
caddis worm as a subject for aggressive
remarks as TO how much better looking
he would he when he climbed out OF
his little reed house 10 become a fly
and how much a trout would like him
In either stage OF his existence
The several smelt eggs were de.
tached from the murky mass in one Of
the jars and laid In crystal saucer in
few drops Of water There they looked
like atoms OF the clearest glass Under
the microscope the fish was clearly Wis.
ible The eyes we're big and staring and
the outlines Of head body. and tail were
discernible. But when 1t is Matched out
II will be very large comparatively-al.
np-l IL lilE d5 Out VI lHc NlGblcLS
from which develop the mosquito
Having the microscope In hand. Mr..
Mather pops his test tube into another
Jar aui brings out a double -barrelled
salmon tor inspection. Ithas two heads.
two tails. and one abdominal sac con-
meeting TWO bodies Agood many salmon
eggs develop such monstrosities. Some
times the freak consists OF two tails and
h.uI and anain of tun hnaHc and
one tail They all die Just as soon as the
abdominal sac is absorbed.
SOME GOOD RESULTS
Last year. said Mr. Mather. I'VE
hatched a great many oysters in our salt
water ponds The young oysters hatch
out in about five days and swim for two
or three days before they acquire steady
habits leave of rowing life and settle
down
I'VE have hatched shad here. In spring
water. In jars In the summer OF "a we
hatched G0,000 and planted them In the
river at Smithtown. Whether they came
back the next season or not we do not
know. But II our young shad did not
return TO Smithtown they went some-
where else and somebody got the benefit
OF them. or will do so.
We want to try Matching Spanish
mackerel eggs. but as they hatch In
twenty.four hours. II will be hard to get
them here from Virginia, where they
would have to be obtained In time. to
allow US to take proper caIe of them.
TRANSFORMING THE YOUNG FISH
ANY citizen Of New York State. who
has suitable waters to stack, can, upon
application. get whatever fish he re-
quiIes II we have them To spare. free OF
charge except transportation and the fare
and keep Of an expert man to take care
OF them In travelling. II the person or
dering the fish wishes to have that care
taken.
The young fish can be carried In our
cans. without change OF water. ACROSS
the continent or to Europe II is how
ever, necessary to aerate the water by
running 1t OF and on again through a
syphon say every thirty minutes. when
the cans are still and once an hour
when in motion on a Tailioad. -Four or
FIVE thousand young salmon are sent In
o can and where an expert goes along
TO care for them he takes charge OF ten
or n ,Z"n cans
When the fish reach their destination
the moHth Of the can containing them
IL lowered gently into the wafer hat is
to ceiye them. and they are 1T GO.
care b-ii,s first taken. however. Il at the
temperatures OF the water In the G. and
thut TO which they are going ale about
even"
The experiment made BY New York
ought to be instructive to other States.