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experiment. With an earnest vigour and 

 an intense energy he has managed all the 

 details, from the official correspondence to 

 the soldering down of the ice-house ; and 

 to this gentleman Australia and New 

 Zealand will owe the introduction of salmon. 

 Should this valuable fish be eventually 

 acclimatised, these colonies will hereafter 

 look upon Mr. Youl as one of the greatest 

 benefactors of his age.' 



" No more handsome acknowledgment 

 could be given than this ; and Mr. Buck- 

 land (assuming that he wrote the article) 

 does not even take the credit due to himself 

 for his own contributions in the shape of 

 trout and salmon ova, sent or brought 

 by himself to the docks on more than 

 one occasion while the packing was going 

 on. 



" I am induced to trouble you with this 

 letter because my two applications to the 

 Pall Mall Gazette to correct its error have 

 been ignored, and in simple justice to Mr. 

 J. A. Youl, who, at the request of the several 

 Governments of Australia and New Zealand, 



