36 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



few losses occurred, probably not 50 in the 

 whole number. Of the ova only about 500 

 remained to hatch on the 24th, and that day, 

 although the hottest of the season, did not 

 appear to injure the alevins, as the young 

 fish at this stage are called. The number of 

 live fish is now about 28,000, which is a not 

 unsuccessful result. Had the ova arrived a 

 week earlier, probably three-fourths could have 

 been saved. If they had been a week later, 

 probably they would have been a mass of 

 putrefaction from the fish hatching out, as 

 happened with the first lot of 25,000 Cali- 

 fornian ova which I had brought over three 

 years previously. 



Success, in most things, is the result of 

 good arrangements, made with a thorough 

 knowledge of the subject, and combined with 

 favourable circumstances, where these are 

 beyond control. The result in this case 

 shows what a narrow line may he between 

 success and failure. 



This shipment of ova had been obtained 

 from the McCloud river, a tributary of the 

 Sacramento, in Shasta county, California. 

 They were obtained from the United States 



