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to have suffered on the journey from Ercil- 

 doune, in consequence of a defect in the 

 bellows used to infuse fresh air into the cans. 

 Garden syringes had, happily, been provided, 

 by your instructions, in case of accident to the 

 bellows apparatus, and by their means, as well 

 as by the use of the defective bellows, the 

 water had been aerated. 



" We started from Melbourne in one of 

 Messrs. Cobb and Co.'s express waggons, and 

 reached Oakleigh at a quarter-past one a.m. 

 on Friday, the 21st. Syringes were used 

 throughout the journey, in order, if possible, 

 to revive the fainting fish. 



" An express train having been provided by 

 the Government, the fish were taken on to the 

 Bunyip, which was reached before three a.m. 

 " In the train sedulous efforts were used, 

 both with the bellows and tube, and with 

 syringes, to aerate the water in the cans, and 

 a considerable number of dead fish were re- 

 moved. 



" At three a.m. a start was made from the 

 Bunyip in one of Messrs. Cobb and Co.'s four- 

 horse coaches, I using one syringe, and Mr. 

 Elliot another, occupying the whole time in 



