194 APPENDIX. 



Trout Ova having been all securely placed in the 

 hold of the Victoria, and covered over with the 

 remnant of Ice from the Lincolnshire, still amount- 

 ing to about 15 tons, within 24 hours after they 

 reached Melbourne Captain Norman got up steam 

 and proceeded on his voyage across the Straits; but, 

 in order to obviate the danger to be apprehended 

 from the vibration caused by the machinery, using 

 only half steam power. 



This precaution must have necessarily prolonged 

 the passage to a considerable extent ; but it was 

 unfortunately still further protracted by a dense 

 fog that prevailed in the Straits compelling Captain 

 Norman, for the safety of his ship and all she had 

 on board, to proceed with the utmost caution, and 

 even to cast anchor under Goose Island for the 

 greater part of one night. The passage from 

 Hobson's Bay to the Derwent thus occupied three 

 days instead of 40 hours, in which it is usually 

 performed by the Steamers trading between these 

 two ports. 



From Hobart Town the Ova were promptly con- 

 veyed, together with about 10 tons of Ice that still 

 remained undissolved, to their future home at the 

 Plenty, by means almost precisely the same as 

 those employed in 1864, and which it is therefore 

 unnecessary again to describe in detail. 



Within 30 hours from the arrival of the Victoria 



