Distribution of the Salmon Fry. 219 



" Soon after leaving Burrumbeet, I noticed 

 that the fry showed symptoms of being sickly, 

 by turning on their sides ; and, notwithstand- 

 ing every care, it soon became evident that 

 a serious loss would occur. At Lai Lai I 

 partially changed the water in one can, which 

 seemed to be the worst, but could not see any 

 improvement, and a number of fish were 

 evidently dying, and my project to take a 

 proportion of the fish to the Snowy river 

 seemed little likely to be realized. With 

 every care and attention that could be devised, 

 and after having, as I thought, mastered all 

 the difficulties attending the transit of these 

 fish, I had the sickening feeling that I could 

 do nothing to prevent the loss of possibly the 

 whole of the lot, and that, after all the trouble 

 I had given to so many people, I should have 

 put them to this inconvenience without any 

 good result. As the night wore on I observed 

 a little improvement, bowever, and those that 

 remained alive showed plainly that they had 

 recovered from whatever had sickened them. 

 I have not been able to account satisfactorily 

 for this loss, but think it may have been 

 caused by feeding the fry immediately before 



