206 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



aerating the water as well as we could while 

 the coach was jolted on the road. The 

 Latrohe river was reached at the crossing- 

 place to Walhalla, ahout five miles from Shady- 

 Creek, on the Gippsland road, at eight o'clock 

 in the morning. 



" The night had been cool throughout, and 

 the temperature in the cans had never ex- 

 ceeded 53 deg. Fahr. There was, therefore, 

 no need to use the ice, which had been sup- 

 plied liberally by the Melbourne Ice Company, 

 in aid of the experiment. 



" The river temperature was found not to 

 exceed 55 deg. in the warmest place. 



" The anxious time had arrived to ascertain 

 how many fish were left alive, after so many 

 had been removed when dead. Tbe journey 

 had been hastened, so as to give a chance 

 to some of the fish to reach their destination 

 alive. 



" Counting them carefully, we placed 1500 

 live fish in various parts of the river. 



"Each lot was about 100 in number, and as 

 the little swimmers found themselves at large 

 in their new home, they moved about as 

 if wonderingly, but not in fear, and then 



