1 84 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



the knowledge so easily attainable, and by the 

 aid of tiles and fascines, establish fresh beds 

 on suitable parts of the bays and indentations 

 of the coast-line ? 



The more careful protection of small and 

 immature fish, and a close time, rigorously 

 enforced, to protect migratory fish during the 

 spawning season, would save valuable kinds, 

 such as the delicious fresh-water herring, or 

 grayling (Prototroctes maraena, Giinther), now 

 threatened with extinction, and would allow 

 of the natural increase, which is now prevented 

 to a great extent by a wasteful system of kill- 

 ing small fish, and of netting breeding fish on 

 the way to their spawning grounds. 



An attempt made in 1877 to introduce 

 the Californian salmon into France proved un- 

 successful. Two hundred thousand ova were 

 sent from America, but on then- arrival they 

 were found to have perished. Another ex- 

 periment made in 1878 also failed, but it is to 

 be hoped that a renewed effort will be made 

 to acclimatize this valuable fish in the rivers 

 of France. 



The waters of the Mediterranean have no 

 salmon in them, and probably the Salmo solar 



