Salmon at the Antipodes. 



CHAPTEB IV. 



THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OP THE SALMON INTO 

 AUSTRALIA. 



The first successful attempt to introduce the 

 salmon into Australia was made in the year 

 1864. A hundred thousand salmon and 

 3000 trout ova were shipped on hoard 

 the Norfolk, packed in moss, in 200 

 boxes. The trout ova were collected by 

 Mr. Frank Buckland and Mr. Francis, and 

 the fish hatched from these are the parents 

 of all the trout now in Australia and New 

 Zealand, except those from the shipment 

 lately received from England by the Cliim bo- 

 razo. The trout ova by the Norfolk were 

 taken from fish in Admiral Keppel's preserves 

 in the Itchen, and sent as a present to Mr. 

 Youl by Mr. Buckland. Mr. Francis also 

 collected a lot of trout eggs for the same 

 shipment. 



