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The reader will have no difficulty in esti- 

 mating how far these experiments, devised 

 •solely and carried out by Mr. Youl, advanced 

 existing knowledge. Commenting, in their 

 report for the year 1864, on the success of 

 the method which had then been proved, 

 "the Tasmanian Commissioners say : " The 

 result of these experiments constitutes one 

 of the most valuable discoveries yet made 

 in the art of pisciculture, and must ever 

 indicate an important era in its history." 



THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SHIPMENT 

 IN 1864. 



Mr. Youl had persistently asked questions 

 of nature by direct experiment, and had 

 received trustworthy answers, on which he 

 f ally relied for the conduct of the next trial, 

 and now for the first time he felt assured of 

 success, and it must be admitted that he 

 deserved it. He saw that there was nothing 

 to prevent the arrival of living ova in Tas- 

 mania if a sufficient stock of ice could be 

 preserved throughout the voyage, and to 



