112 THE ACCLIMATISATION, ETC. 



and much lower for the first few days, until 

 the young fish appear. With this precaution 

 success will be deserved, if not achieved. 



It has been attempted to trace the suc- 

 cessive steps in the history of a bold experi- 

 ment in acclimatisation, followed by a well- 

 won triumph ; it only remains to congratulate 

 the colonies on the valuable acquisition, and 

 it should not be necessary to bid them re- 

 member that they owe it to the patriotic 

 exertions of one who has held a high position 

 as a citizen in Tasmania, among whose 

 greatest benefactors he should now be 

 counted ; while he himself might justly 

 exclaim, 



" Exegi momentum sere perennius 

 Eegalique situ pyramidum altius." 



