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at intervals, splendid wheat crops, and well- 

 grassed paddocks, with most substantial fences 

 and stocked with fine cattle, showed the 

 wealth of Gippsland ; and we entered the 

 interminable forest of the mountain slopes 

 facing seaward, which extends, without a 

 break, all the way to the New South Wales 

 boundary. 



" We stopped at the Nicholson, a fine stream, 

 shaded over by wattles and gums, and running 

 briskly over gravelly fords, into long reaches 

 of deep water. The temperature of the water 

 was here 72 deg. After bringing up the water 

 by degrees from 55 deg. to about 70 deg., to 

 prevent a too sudden shock to the salmon, we 

 liberated a few at a place, in sheltered parts 

 of the current, and in shallow water. There 

 were plenty of young fish in the stream, 

 smaller than the salmon parrs, which proved 

 that there was a good chance for them. The 

 high temperature did not seem to incon- 

 venience the salmon, which headed up-stream, 

 and darted about, evidently enjoying the 

 change. 



" The roads became much more difficult to go 

 over, being through a dense forest, and across 



