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board the Norfolk, whose departure was positively 

 to take place on the 20th of January, Mr. Youl 

 forwarded instructions to Mr. Eobert Eamsbottom, 

 the well-known pisciculturist of Clitheroe, to pro- 

 cure forthwith, from the Eibble, the number of 

 Ova intended to be dispatched to Tasmania. On 

 former occasions Mr. Eamsbottom had never found 

 any difficulty in obtaining whatever quantity had 

 been required by Mr. Youl ; and in the previous 

 year, on the 12th of January, an abundant supply 

 of spawn had been obtained from the Eibble. A 

 week earlier in the present year, dependent on 

 some peculiarities of the season, every fish cap- 

 tured by Mr. Eamsbottom was found abeady to 

 have shed its spawn in the river. 



On receiving this embarrassing information from 

 Mr. Eamsbottom, the same energy that had been 

 called forth by the difficulty of finding a suitable 

 means of conveyance to the Antipodes was displayed 

 by Mr. Youl. 



Mr. Eamsbottom, with his son, Mr. William 

 Eamsbottom, were immediately dispatched to the 

 "Dovey" in Wales, and Mr. W. Johnston, another 

 experienced and trustworthy Pisciculturist, to the 

 "Tyne." 



At the same time, with much judgment, Mr. 

 Youl published in the Times a general appeal to 

 the Proprietors of Salmon Fisheries, and to all 



