Salmon at the Antipodes. 



nourishing food which they have collected in 

 the depths of the ocean ; and as they consume 

 but little in the rivers, these are not im- 

 poverished by this temporary addition to their 

 scaly inhabitants. When we consider that 

 almost every plant and animal useful as food 

 to the British race, which has taken possession 

 of Australia, has been introduced there, it is 

 evident that many more species may yet be 

 found eminently suitable to the climate and 

 circumstances of the country. 



No less than ten different shipments of ova 

 of the salmonidcB have been sent from Britain 

 to Australia and New Zealand. 



The first attempt to send out salmon to 

 Australia was made in the Sarah Curling, in 

 February, 1860. It was superintended by 

 Messrs. J. A. Youl and Edward Wilson, and it 

 was intended that the fish should be hatched 

 out on the voyage. Yery complete arrange- 

 ments had been made by the Salmon Com- 

 missioners appointed by the Government to 

 receive the salmon fry in Tasmania, and Baron 

 von (then Dr.) Mueller was entrusted with the 

 care, transhipment, and forwarding of them 

 from Melbourne ; but this, like many subse- 



