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little from sea water, and to contain nothing 

 deleterious to fish life, it is highly probable 

 that the attempt will be successful. The fish 

 included in the experiment, and 

 alive, have been the following :— 



Name of Fish. 



Whiting — Sillago punctata ... 

 Flounder — Pleuronectes Victoria 

 Mullet — Dajaus D ie mensis ... 

 Bream — Caranx Georgianus 

 Crayfish. — Astacus 

 Trevale — Neptonemus Travale ... 

 Roughy — Arrijjis Georgianus 

 Salmon trout — Arrijpis truttaceus 

 Flathead — Platycerphalus Biahardsoni 

 Gurnet — Trigla polyommata 

 Oyster — Ostrea 



Some trevale and sand-eels died on the way, 

 being very difficult to carry. I accompanied 

 the fish, and saw them liberated on the last 

 occasion ; and, with a few exceptions, they 

 soon recovered from the effects of the journey. 

 The oysters were of several varieties. About 

 350 live fish were placed in the lake out of 

 about 1000, being a loss of two-thirds on the 

 journey. This loss was mainly caused by 

 putting too many in some of the cans, and 

 from the want of the bellows in the earlier ex- 



