APPENDIX. 167 



After two attempts to introduce Salmon into 

 Australia, the last of whicli failed from the unsuit- 

 ableness of the vessel in which I was compelled to 

 place the Ova,, at the request of the Government 

 of Tasmania I have undertaken the charge of 

 making a third experiment this year ; and by the 

 noble generosity of Messrs. Money Wigram & Sons, 

 the eminent Shipbuilders of Blackwall, who have 

 given me room in one of their best and fastest 

 ships, the Norfolk, to sail on the 20th inst., the 

 greatest difficulty I have had to success — a good 

 ship — has been overcome. 



I had nearly completed all my arrangements on 

 board for the reception of the Ova, when to my 

 great dismay this morning I received a note from 

 Mr. Eamsbottom, of Clitheroe, whom I have always 

 employed to obtain the Ova for me, saying that 

 every Salmon he had caught in the Eibble had 

 already spawned. What was he to do ? On the 

 12th of January last he obtained plenty of spawn 

 from this stream, and I had depended on getting 

 my supply from it again this year. 



I therefore directed him to start off immediately 

 to North Wales to try and get some Ova from the 

 Dovey, where on two previous occasions in February 

 he obtained large numbers for me. I have also 

 sent Mr. William Johnston to Newcastle-on-Tyne 

 to endeavour to get some Salmon from that river. 



