THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON'. 
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a food producer, as well as for the noble sport which it 
affords, I determined that another effort should be made, 
for its introduction into Australia, and, in 1874, Mr. Le 
Souef, the Honorary Secretary to the Victorian Acclima- 
tisation Society, at my request, through Mr. Williamson, 
the Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society of San 
Francisco, ordered 25,000 ova of the Californian salmon. 
I had learned that this species was capable of withstanding 
much higher temperatures than the English salmon, and 
would probably suit the climate much better. The ova 
arrived in due course, but the supply of ice having failed 
on the voyage, the fish had hatched out, and, of course, 
perished for want of their natural element ; and on the box 
being opened, the ova were found to have become a putrid 
mass. Another shipment of 25,000 was asked for from 
Mr. Williamson, who wrote promising to forward them, but 
which, from some unexplained reason, never were sent. 
THE SECOND IMPORTATION OF ENGLISH 
SALMON OVA INTO VICTORIA. 
IJp to the year 1875 there was no proof that the salmon 
had been established in Tasmania, although some enthu- 
siasts declared that they were, without doubt, to be found 
in the Plenty River. 
At that time, the Government of New Zealand had 
determined to attempt the introduction of the salmon 
into that colony, where the rivers and climate are exceed- 
ingly well adapted for this fish j and, learning this intention, 
I offered to join in a shipment of 200,000 ova, one-half 
for Victoria. My proposal was agreed to, and, under the 
joint care of the celebrated naturalist, Mr. Frank Buckland, 
and Mr. Youl, C.M.G., both of whom are enthusiasts in 
pisciculture, a shipment was made by the Durham in the 
