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the feathers would be obtained more easily, and at the right 
time. The axis deer had spread to a very great extent ; one 
herd of them had been seen at a distance of 30 miles to the 
south, and another herd about the same distance in a contrary 
direction ; so that it might be considered they were now spread 
over an area of at least sixty miles. The deer might, therefore, 
be considered a complete success. The Murray cod, which 
were introduced into the "VVimmera, had not yet increased to 
such an extent as to be of much service, and there had not been 
time to ascertain the state of the carp which were introduced 
into the same river. He might however say, that one of the 
carp was caught about two months after it was placed in the 
river, and it had grown considerably in that time. 
Me. T. E. GtOdfeex in seconding the adoption of the 
Eeport, said he wished to draw the attention of the Members of 
the Society to that portion of it which referred to the scheme 
proposed by the Hon. Secretary of the Society, Mr. Le Souef, 
for forming a depot somewhere in the secluded ranges of the 
colony, where pheasants could be reared and allowed to go free 
as soon as fledged. He believed that it was only in this way 
that the acclimatisation of pheasants, and other valuable game 
birds, in large numbers, could be carried out ; and he thought 
the Council had hitherto made a mistake by liberating birds 
near Melbourne, where they fell a prey to boys, hawks, and 
unsportsmanlike persons, who shot anything and everything they 
could. Mr. Godfrey said he had lately, with another Member 
of the Council and Mr. Le Souef, visited a place in the ranges, 
which, for reasons stated in the report, required to be kept 
secret, which was admirably adapted for pheasants and other 
game ; and though none of the former were seen on the occa- 
sion of this visit, he and the other gentlemen had the satisfaction 
of seeing several guinea-fowl, which had been liberated with 
a number of pheasants some months before in the locality, 
and they were delighted to find them looking healthy, and in 
splendid plumage, and inferred, from the fact of the guinea- 
