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Show BLACK BASS FOR " BRAZILIAN WATERS New York. Oct. 20. The steamship Verdi, leaving Hrookhn today for Brazil, carries l.ooo live, small month- i f d black bass that have 1m? en supplied from the 1'nite.l States government hatcheries at N' .rthville, Mich., for exportation ex-portation to San Pablo. Brazil, where they w-lll bo used to stock a fresh water wat-er lake to accommodate Americans with a desire for angling. Spot lal precautions have He-en taken to keep the fish alive for the 22-day triii The mcssetigi-r in charge from Northvllle spent his tim duriog the whole of tho -15-hour trip to New York keeping the llrh alive by the primitive form of hand acrat'oii. that, is, bv means of a small dipper, taking up seime eif the tank water and allowing it to drop back again into tbe tank from a height of about two feet, thereby there-by forcing a small ernntity of oxygen oxy-gen into the water. En route to Bra zil. special electrical equipment has been Installed to serve this purpose. |