Salmon at the Antipodes. 



been hatched under a rill of water, at a tem- 

 perature of only 50 deg. Fahrenheit. 



The enormous loss of ova in these shipments 

 appeared to me to be owing, in a great measure, 

 to the eggs having been shipped immediately 

 after impregnation. It is well known by 

 pisciculturists, that in this stage the principle 

 of life in the egg is most easily destroyed, 

 whereas, at a later period, when the embryo 

 has reached a further stage of development, 

 the ovum will bear an amount of shaking and 

 rough usage, that would inevitably be fatal to 

 it at an earlier period. To test this point, 

 I telegraphed to my London agents, Messrs. 

 Robert Brooks and Co., to have a few hundred 

 ova forwarded in the ice-house of the Penin- 

 sular and Oriental Company's mail steamer; 

 the ova to be obtained from the fish-rearing 

 establishment at Stormontfield, on the Tay, 

 and to be in the stage when the eyes are 

 visible, as at this period they can be carried 

 with the greatest safety. My telegram arrived 

 too late, however, for that season. 



