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ever, that the moment they are hatched they 

 become fish, and, like most other fish out of 

 water, will die immediately if not restored to 

 their natural element. As an illustration of 

 this fact, when the shipment of Californian 

 salmon ova which I received in 1877 was 

 opened, it was found that some of the eggs 

 had hatched out some time before, and that 

 the fish had perished. Some had just hatched 

 and others were on the point of hatching, and 

 these were placed in a stream of water in the 

 hatching-boxes, and they lived and will grow, 

 I hope, to be 50 lb. salmon in the G-elhbrand 

 and Snowy rivers, where they were liberated 

 some time afterwards. 



