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possessed manner. The trout, on seeing trie 

 strangers come near, darted away as if startled, 

 but after a little they returned ; and finding 

 the salmon coming beside them again, one 

 turned and darted at an intruder, who soon 

 showed that he was thoroughbred as far as 

 speed was concerned, by quickly getting away 

 out of danger, and I came to the conclusion 

 that the young salmon would soon be able to 

 take care of themselves. 



"After a few hours of very heavy work, 

 through a dense scrub of mimosa, melaleuca, 

 and ferns, underneath the tall stems of the 

 forest gums, we reached the bank of the 

 Gellibrand river about ten o'clock, and libe- 

 rated the remainder of the fish, partly in a 

 fine creek on the south side of the valley, and 

 partly in the main river. The stream was 

 running with a clear and rapid current, about 

 20 yards wide, and is greatly encumbered 

 with fallen timber, which bridges the channel 

 over in many places. The temperature of 

 the water was 60 deg. Fahrenheit. The river 

 banks are lined with eucalypti of an enormous 

 height, straight and round as if turned in a 

 lathe, up to 200 feet without a branch. Un- 



