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Show EXPERIMENT IN SHIPPING FISH New York, Sept. 2. An experimental experi-mental shipment of live fish to tier-many tier-many by the New York aquarium next Tuesday will bo watched with keen Interest by scientists on both sides of the Atlantic. If It Is successful it will revolutionize the method of sending send-ing live Specimens from one country to another. The new process of shipment consists con-sists lu placing the specimens In small Jars containing a quantity of -oxygen. The Jars are first filled with water, sealed and placed In a large tank. They arc then uncovered and a tube Inserted, through which compressed oxygen Is forced until there Is enough oxygen to keep tho fish allvo daring tho ocean voyage. Tho method has already ren tried with success with smaller shipments on voyages of from two to three days. "If successful," says the director of the New York aquarium, "tho experiment experi-ment will solve ono of our moat difficult dif-ficult problems and will demonstrate that large fish in oxygen tanks can t-o taken In safety and comfort half way around the world." |