24 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



CHAPTEE V. 



THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OP CALIFORNIAN 

 SALMON OVA. 



Having, in early life, obtained some knowledge 

 of the great value of the salmon from a com- 

 mercial point of view as a food producer, as 

 well as for the noble sport which it affords, 

 I determined that another effort should be 

 made for its introduction into Australia, 

 and, in 1874, Mr. Le Souef, the Honorary 

 Secretary to the Victorian Acclimatization 

 Society, at my request, through Mr. William- 

 son, the Secretary of the Acclimatization 

 Society of San Francisco, ordered 25,000 ova 

 of the Californian salmon. I had learned 

 that this species was capable of withstanding 

 a much higher temperature than the English 

 salmon, and would probably suit the climate 

 much better. The ova arrived in due course ; 

 but, the supply of ice having failed on the 



