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likely to prove unfriendly to the young salmon. 

 Two places, about a quarter of a mile apart 

 were selected for trie deposit of the fry, and 

 the operation of ladling them from the cans 

 into the stream was successfully got through 

 before ten o'clock. The fish were in splendid 

 condition, for not more than two dozen (out of 

 several thousands) were found dead. As soon 

 as the fry were liberated, they showed them- 

 selves to be lively and strong, and swam about 

 in little shoals, with their heads up-stream, 

 evidently pleased with their new quarters. 

 They averaged about two inches in length. 

 A clear mountain creek like the Badger may 

 be regarded as an excellent nursery. Should 

 the grown fish be able, when they set out for 

 the sea, to pass through the foul water which 

 fills the river in the neighbourhood of Mel- 

 bourne, a problem of great importance will be 

 happily solved. It is believed that, with the 

 assistance of a seasonable freshet, which they 

 will probably wait for, the salmon will make 

 their way easily into the bay. Similarly, a 

 freshet will help them up again when they 

 want to return to the head waters of the river. 

 So much more important must it be to 



