EAELY ENDEAVOUES 

 TO ACCLIMATISE THE SALMON. 



He who succeeded in making two blades of 

 grass grow where but one grew before has 

 been canonised as the greatest benefactor 

 of mankind, but surely he who achieves the 

 more difficult task of transplanting an ani- 

 mal from one hemisphere to the other, and 

 peopling a barren river with a noble species 

 of fish, should not pass unnoticed by his 

 contemporaries and those who enter into 

 the enjoyment of his labour. 



The Australasian colonies fortunately 

 possess acclimatisation societies directed 

 by men of ability and energy, who have 

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