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but if a success what a success. We read in " The 

 Field " as follows : 



" On Saturday, the 17th January, 1863, James 

 A. Youl, Esq., Mr. Robert Ramsbottom, of Cli- 

 theroe, Mr. William Ramsbottom, and Mr. Thomas 

 Johnson, were engaged during the greater portion 

 of the day in arranging the beginning of several 

 experiments of a somewhat novel character. Our 

 readers are aware of the failure of the last attempt 

 to transport salmon ova to Australia, showing that 

 many difficulties have yet to be overcome. It would 

 appear, from the journal of Mr. William Rams- 

 bottom, that some salmon ova, which Mr. Youl had 

 placed in a deal box amongst moss, and imbedded 

 in the ice-house on board the ' Beautiful Star J 

 (the vessel chartered), lived from March 4th to 

 May 17th. In order to test the theory, backed by 

 the apparent fact mentioned in the journal of Mr. 

 Ramsbottom, Mr. Youl obtained leave from the 

 Wenham Lake Ice Company, in the Strand, to 

 carry out, under inspection, a series of experiments. 

 With this view, one of the company's large ice- 

 houses was selected, and eight small deal boxes, 

 containing moss, charcoal, and ice, and the salmon 

 ova, were buried amongst the ice. Some other 

 preparations were then made, and with other boxes 

 taken to the premises of the company in the 

 Strand." 



The boxes were left undisturbed till 3rd of March, 

 when Mr. Youl kindly invited me to be present at 

 the examination of the results, which he reports as 

 follows : 



" I send you the following remarks on the state 

 of the salmon ova placed in a refrigerator on 



