66 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



found in the waters of the Sacramento river, 

 in all probahility the Californian salmon would 

 be well able to stand the heat of the waters of 

 the Murray. The summer of 1877-8 was 

 unusually dry and hot, and it is probable that 

 the volume of the stream of the Murray had 

 reached its minimum, and the temperature 

 of the water its maximum, when these ob- 

 servations were made, and that a more un- 

 favourable time for testing it could scarcely 

 be found. These facts constitute a strong 

 argument in favour of the undertaking, which 

 I would earnestly recommend to the favourable 

 consideration of the Governments of the three 

 colonies which are interested in the matter. 



