92 THE ACCLIMATISATION 



Spencer F. Baird, of the U.S. Fisheries 

 Commission, from the upper waters of the 

 Sacramento, California, half of which was 

 left at Sydney, where " most of the living 

 eggs were successfully treated and placed in 

 Australian waters," as Mr. Baird says, and 

 the remainder died on their way to New 

 Zealand. This gives us no idea of the final 

 success or otherwise of the experiment, for 

 it is not stated whether any young fish were 

 produced. 



The subsequent endeavours of Sir Samuel 

 Wilson to establish this fish in Victorian 

 waters deserves all the success due to his 

 energy and persistence ; but as yet nothing 

 has been seen of the young fry liberated in 

 various streams. 



It is, however, at least open to much 

 question whether the greatest river system 

 in Australia — the Murray and its tributaries 

 — will ever be stocked with any species of 

 salmo, since it swarms with the rapacious 

 so-called Murray cod — a devourer of every- 

 thing that gets into the water, from a 

 grasshopper to a dead bullock. 



