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possibly no one, except Mr. Yonl, is better 

 acquainted with the history and method of 

 the experiments from February, 1860, to> 

 the last by the Oheron in January, 1873. 



" Should any of your readers desire par- 

 ticulars of the method adopted in sending- 

 salmon ova to the Antipodes, I may refer 

 them to a description of the process which 

 you were good enough to pubhsh for me in. 

 the Field of the 18th of January last. 



" I am the more anxious to seek your as- 

 sistance m correcting the least erroneous- 

 impression upon the subject of these ship- 

 ments, because, on account of the reluctance 

 of Mr. Youl to combat them, they have 

 become widely spread. 



" I find in a leading article of Land and 

 Water for January 18, 1873, the foUowing 

 remarks, which could not have been pub- 

 lished without Mr. Buckland's sanction,, 

 and were, I suspect, from his pen. 



'"To J. A. Youl, Esq., is due the practical 

 management of this great and important 



