318 TROUT A SUCCESS IN AUSTRALIA. 



or migratory sea-trout, and of the common trout 

 from Hungerford. At all events, trout now exist at the 

 Antipodes — the greatest feat of Pisciculture of modern 

 times, and entirely due to the energy and perseverance 

 of my friend Mr. Youl. Whether it will he possible to 

 establish salmon at the Antipodes is as yet an open 

 question. The difficulty is to prevent the destruction 

 of the fry by then' numerous enemies when they descend 

 to the sea. The common trout, not being migratory, 

 have not this perilous gauntlet to run. 



Although the introduction of trout into Australia 

 has proved such a great success, and in some sense is 

 almost as important to the colonies as the introduction 

 of sheep (and I have had great difficulty in finding out 

 who first introduced sheep into Australia), yet neither 

 Mr. Francis nor myself have as yet received any public 

 acknowledgment except that printed below. 



Being sure that in a few years it will be forgotten 

 by the Australians who it was first sent over trout 

 eggs from England, my friend, Dr. Stirling, brought 

 the subject before the Melbourne Government, and in 

 September, 1879, I received the following : 



** Chief Secretary's Office, Melbourne, 



''JimelQ, 1879. 

 *' The successful acclimatization of the English trout 

 in the streams of the colony having been now tho- 

 roughly established, I think the time has arrived when 

 it should be placed on official record that the honour of 

 initiating such acclimatization in Australia is certainly 

 due in the largest degree to yourself and Mr. Francis 

 Francis, who jointly j)i"esented to the Tasmanian Go- 

 vernment the boxes of trout ova in 1864, for the pur- 

 pose of introducing that fish into Tasmanian Waters. 



