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THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON. 
“ Sir Samuel Wilsok. 
“My dear Sir, — At eleven p.m. on Thursday, 20th 
December, two cans, containing about 2000 each of the 
young salmon, were received by myself and a friend 
(Mr. Elliott), who volunteered to assist me in taking the 
salmon to the sources of the Latrobe E-iver. 
“ Unfortunately, when they reached Melbourne (as you 
yourself saw), the fish appeared to have suffered on the 
journey from Ercildoune, in consequence of a defect in the 
bellows used to infuse fresh air into the cans. Garden 
syringes had, happily, been provided, by your instructions, 
in case of accident to the bellows apparatus, and by their 
means, as well as by the use of the defective bellows, the 
water had been aerated. 
“We started from Melbourne in one of Messrs. Cobb 
and Co.’s express waggons, and reached Oakleigh at a 
quarter past one a.m. on Friday, the 21st. Syringes were 
used throughout the journey, in order, if possible, to revive 
the fainting fish, 
“ An express train having been provided by the Govern- 
ment, the fish were taken on to the Bunyip, which was 
reached before three a.m. 
“ In the train sedulous efforts were used, both with the 
bellows and tube, and with syringes, to aerate the water in 
the cans, and a considerable number of dead fish were 
removed. 
“ At three a.m. a start was made from the Bunyip in one 
of Messrs. Cobb and Co.’s four-horse coaches, I using one 
syringe, and Mr. Elliot another, occupying the whole time 
in aerating the water as well as we could while the coach 
was jolted on the road. The Latrobe Eiver was reached at 
the crossing-place to Walhalla, about five miles from 
Shady Creek, on the Gippsland-road, at eight o’clock in 
the morning. 
