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starting, to prevent the necessity of doing so 

 in the night, and thereby spoiling the water ; 

 and by the fish, from their increased size, owing 

 to then rapid growth, probably requiring more 

 space in the cans than I had given them. 

 The motion of the waggon immediately after 

 their being fed, and the vibration of the train, 

 may have sickened them. It is somewhat 

 cnrions, however, that out of over 20 lots of 

 fry, serious loss should have occurred only in 

 the two going to Gippsland, and in both cases 

 between Burrumbeet and Melbourne. 



" On arriving at Melbourne, Mr. Le Souef 

 was waiting with an express waggon and a 

 spring van (carrying two boxes of ice), to con- 

 vey the fish to Oakleigh railway station. An 

 express train was waiting there on our arrival, 

 and soon we were on our way at a good rate 

 of speed. On arriving at Buneep, Messrs. 

 Fishbourne and Morton's engine was attached 

 to the van containing the fish, and we sped on 

 through the forest in the darkness. 



" Mr. Le Souef was desirous of going through 

 to the Snowy, but owing to the roads being 

 bad, I thought it better not to have too large 

 a party. Mr. O'Brien, of Swan Beach, had 



