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the mass of the ice, and three hundred ova 

 were packed in living moss in it. The 

 principle of this was to retard development 

 hy means of the passage of ice- water through 

 the box, and it would not be touched until 

 the end of the voyage. The ship was started 

 on March 4, 1862, with 80,000 ^salmon ova, 

 taken chiefly from the Dovey by Mr. E. 

 Eamsbottom, whose son was sent in charge ; 

 but the heat of the tropics was so great 

 that, in spite of his unremitting attention, 

 the ice melted rapidly and was all gone by 

 May 17, in lat. S. 22° 19', long. W. 25° 55', 

 when the temperature of the water was 59°. 

 The ova in the box survived eight hours 

 after the death of all the others in a tem- 

 perature of 65°; and, had the ice lasted, 

 there can be little doubt that these ova 

 would have lived to the end of the voyage, 

 and might have been successfully hatched 

 in Tasmania. 



Much disappointment was, of course, felt 

 by those who had watched the result of this 

 shipment with anxious and perhaps too 

 sanguine expectation. The preparation of 



