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three thousand fry were produced from the thirty thousand 

 eggs that arrived in sound condition. These were healthy, 

 but did not grow as fast as some of the young trout. While 

 the friends of the enterprise were congratulating themselves 

 that at any rate they had three thousand young salmon, 

 there was a mysterious disappearance of the greater part 

 of them. Some, it was thought, found their way into the 

 river; only about five hundred remained in the pond, and 

 these also after a while were allowed to escape to the river. 

 To this " small point/' as a Yankee would say, had this 

 much-talked-of introduction of salmon into Australia been 

 " whittled down." The enterprise, however, was commend- 

 able in those who attempted it, and we say all honor to its 

 patrons. 



There are reports of grilse having returned, whether 

 from this small migration, or from the hatching of subse- 

 quent importations of ova, I have not been able to learn 

 definitely. But the five hundred even, if protected, will 

 in due time make salmon abundant. The following, copied 

 from the Hobart Town Mercury, I have clipped from the 

 report of the Vermont Fish Commissioners : 



" The first batch of salmon have been sent out to sea, 

 and we shall have a second batch to let loose at the end 

 of the year. When Mr. Kamsbottom, in charge of the sal- 

 mon ponds at the Plenty, turned the first batch into the 

 Derwent at the close of 1865, he fixed upon February, 

 1866, as the date of their return from the sea, and they 

 have been true to their time. They began to return in the 



