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"I poured out the water through a small 

 net, which detained the fish, and the living 

 ones drafted themselves out very speedily, by 

 leaping off the net into a can ready placed to 

 receive them. On the dead fish being counted, 

 there were about 950, leaving between 1600 

 and 1700 fish which were lively and well. 

 Prom this point onward, all the way to the 

 Snowy river, only four fish died out of the 

 number left, being a much better result than 

 I had expected; and although they were much 

 fewer than I wished to send, there were still 

 enough to stock the rivers they were intended 

 for, in a way to give the experiment a fair 

 trial. 



" It was sunrise when we again started, and 

 although the engine seemed near, it took a 

 long time to get up to it, owing to the bad 

 roads ; and the waggon was at last forced to 

 stop, the fish-cans, ice, etc., being carried about 

 half a mile to the railway. A party had come 

 out by the train from the Moe to meet the 

 salmon, and, although the hands of some were 

 more used to the pen than to carrying 

 burdens, by their willing assistance we got 

 the fish safely into the Government van 



