200 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



derneath are giant fern trees, Dicksonias, also- 

 phyllas, and splendid todeas, with brushwood, 

 climbers, and ferns six or eight feet high, and 

 very difficult to penetrate. The soil on the 

 river flats is good enough for anything, and 

 the wonder is that it is not already occupied. 



" The fish were netted out of the cans, and 

 at the last the water was poured through a 

 net that any dead fish might be seen. In one 

 can there were nine dead, and in the other 

 10, being a loss of 19 in all out of 4000, or less 

 than one-half per cent. This result is exceed- 

 ingly satisfactory." 



The fish taken charge of at Geelong by Mr- 

 . Le Souef were liberated on the same day, the 

 following particulars having appeared in the 

 Argus : — 



" The deposit of salmon fry in the head 

 waters of the Yarra was successfully carried 

 out yesterday morning (December 19, 1877). 

 Four cans were despatched from Ercildoune 

 on Monday, and divided at Geelong into two 

 lots. One lot was sent westward, and two 

 cans were brought on to Melbourne. They 

 reached Spencer Street station at 11 p.m., 

 whence they were taken by Mr. Le Souef, the 



