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altogether inefficient. I then used the garden 

 syringe vigorously for ten minutes, but did not 

 see the usual revival take place, which 

 generally follows when the fish have been 

 suffering from want of oxygen, and I could 

 not make out the cause. I am satisfied that 

 there was no want of care in aerating the 

 water in transit. It appeared, however, that 

 the train was very crowded, and some six or 

 seven passengers had got into the van with 

 the salmon cans, and that they were smoking 

 while the bellows were being used. I am 

 quite certain that the nicotine poison in the 

 fumes of the tobacco, and nothing else, was 

 the cause of the loss of these 2500 salmon fry. 



" December 27, 1877. 



" My dear Sir, 



At 11 p.m. on Thursday, 20th Decem- 

 ber, two cans, containing about 2000 each 

 of the young salmon, were received by myself 

 and a friend (Mr. Elliot), who volunteered 

 to assist me in taking the salmon to the 

 sources of the Latrobe river. 



" Unfortunately, when they reached Mel- 

 bourne (as you yourself saw), the fish appeared 



