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you ere long, and, among other things, that 

 we have been able to secure a fish of suffi- 

 cient size and condition for transmission to 

 yourself, to whom we are so much in- 

 debted : a duty which I shall not lose sight 

 of. 



" Believe me, ever yours faithfully, 



"E. Officee." 



" P.S. — You will have seen in the Argus 

 reports of Sir S. Wilson's strenuous efforts 

 to introduce the Californian salmon into 

 Victoria. He deserves success ; but there 

 are, unfortunately, no Derwents, Huons, 

 Grordons, or Esks to which he can look as a 

 future home for his nurslings. We have 

 always heard that the Californian fish is 

 inferior to the denizens of the Tay and 

 Tweed, and have therefore had no desire to 

 get any supplies from that quarter, but to 

 rely on what has passed through your hands 

 only, and so preserve the species pure and 

 unmixed. E. 0." 



The above was published in the Field, 

 February 16, 1878. 



