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fishes, having been successfully acclimatised 

 throughout the Island Continent) ; while in Tas- 

 mania brown trout (attaining the prodigious size of 

 30 lbs.), salmon trout. Loch Leven trout, Californian 

 brook trout, and all the best English fresh-water fish, 

 abound, especially the perch ; and the picturesque 

 little island is fast becoming, like New Zealand, an 

 ideal angler's resort. 



In the Hobart reservoir at the Sandy Bay 

 rivulet, high up the slopes leading to Mount 

 Wellington, perch attain to a large size. 



No rivers can be more suitable for the develop- 

 ment of British salmonidae than the Tasmanian, 

 fed by streams that from snow-capped hills rush 

 down ever clear and cool. Therefore, the lordly 

 salmon, that hates warm water, has been a signal 

 success, evading by its swiftness all its foes, which 

 are chiefly the voracious barracouta and the wily 

 shark. 



Let us now take a trip up the Derwent to the 

 famous salmon ponds at New Norfolk. It is a 

 lovely morning, hot, but the clear air produces a 

 feeling of exhilaration ; to breathe it is like drinking 

 champagne. There is not a cloud to be seen, and 

 the water in the beautiful harbour is gently rippled 

 by a light southerly breeze. The little paddle- 

 boat Tamar is making a great fuss at her moorings, 



