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CHAPTBK IX. 



IS THE CALIFORNIA^ SALMON SUITABLE TO 

 THE MURRAY RIVER? 



No attempt has yet been made to place any 

 salmon in the Murray river, but a few trout 

 have been liberated in one of its tributaries 

 by the Acclimatization Society. It is not at 

 all improbable that the Californian salmon 

 would succeed very well there, if once estab- 

 lished in sufficient numbers to bid defiance to 

 the dangers of the annual journey to the sea. 

 The upper waters of this river and its tribu- 

 taries have splendid spawning grounds, and 

 never-failing streams of pure and cool water, 

 which would be admirably adapted either for 

 this fish or the brown trout. 



As the acclimatization of the Califor- 

 nian salmon in the Murray and its tributaries 

 would, if successful, benefit in pretty equal 

 proportions the three colonies of New South 



