144. THE CALIFOENIAN SALMON. 
bed ; just the river, I believe, that will prove to be most 
suitable for the acclimatisation of the salmon. The young 
fry seemed to enjoy their new home immensely, and 
quickly headed up the stream, in regular marching order. 
We followed the course of the river for about four or five 
miles, and liberated 185 more of the fry (250 in all) at 
different places in the stream. 
“The land near to the river, and fronting the hay, 
appeared to me to he capable of growing almost anything. 
Mr. Cawood’s green clover paddocks are a pleasing sight 
in themselves at this season of the year. Altogether, I 
much liked the rather wild and romantic look of the 
conntry at and around Apollo Bay, and I venture to say 
that it will some day be a place of importance. In our 
absence, while liberating the fish, the crew of the Fharos 
had landed Mr. Cawood’s stores, so that we were, on our 
return, enabled to at once proceed to Blanket Bay, where we 
arrived about eleven o’clock the same morning. . .We 
were, without delay, rowed to the shore in the large boat 
of the Pharos, and carried on shore by the sailors, when 
we at once divided the fish into four fish-tins, largely 
supplied with iced water, and rolled the tins round with 
rugs and canvas. Messrs. Stevenson and Walls had, at 
their own expense, provided pack-horses, all’ ready . . . 
and we started for the Aire Eiver. The journey through 
the bush was very difficult and trying. We crossed the 
Parker Eiver at about two miles inland from the sea, and 
took advantage of its delightfully cold and clear water to 
replenish our fish-tins, and we also placed the tins them- 
selves in the stream for half an hour, at the same time 
liberating in the water twelve of the young fish. The 
reason that we did not put more in the Parker is, that 
the falls in it near to the sea are very steep, and the stream 
is very much blocked up with timber. The fish will have 
