60 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, they 

 might unite in the undertaking, and contri- 

 bute £1000 each to stock this splendid stream 

 with, say, a million of salmon. It may be 

 said that the climate is too warm for this fish, 

 but an examination of the map will show that 

 the mouth of the Murray is in latitude 35 \ 

 deg., while its head waters and southern tribu- 

 taries are between 36 deg. and 37 deg., and 

 they reach altitudes of several thousand feet 

 above the sea. Let us now inquire where is 

 the home of the Salmo quinnat. The mouth of 

 the Sacramento is in latitude 37£ deg., or two 

 degrees farther from the equator than the 

 mouth of the Murray, and the main course of 

 the river is from the north, running southerly, 

 but its waters reach a temperature of over 

 76 deg. in summer, whichis probably as high as 

 that of the Murray. The San Joaquin branch 

 of the Sacramento reaches south nearly as far 

 as to the 35th parallel, or half a degree nearer 

 the equator than the mouth of the Murray, and 

 its waters reach a temperature of 80 to 84 

 deg. (S. Baird). Mr. B. B. Eedding states, 

 in a report to the Hon. Spencer Baird, that 

 the salmon remain for weeks and months in 



