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THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON. 
6. Tobacco-smoke will surely kill them. 
7. Turn out about twenty or thirty in one place in 
shallows, and do not subject them to a too sudden 
change of temperature. 
Abundance of space in the cans is of great importance, 
especially for large fish. Two thousand aievins have been 
carried successfully in a ten-gallon can, but one hundred 
and fifty mullet, about six inches long could not be kept 
alive in the same vessel, although about 30 would travel 
safely. Fish differ greatly in this respect ; some dying 
at once when caught in a net. Perch and carp can be 
carried in wet grass or in moss for hours without injury, 
and in Germany are taken to market in this way, and if 
not sold, brought back to the ponds alive and well. Cray- 
fish or lobsters will live out of water for a very long time, 
and may be taken hundreds of miles by giving them a 
drink occasionally. I have taken Murray lobsters from 
Echuca to Longerenong on the Wimmera, a great part of 
the way by coach, with little loss. Flounders can be 
carried in water with little risk, also whiting, bream, and 
mullet, but sand-eels, gar-fish, and trevale are very difficult 
to transport alive. 
THE THIRD IMPORTATION OF ENGLISH 
SALMON OYA TO VICTORIA. 
The experiments made to introduce the English salmon 
to Victoria not having been very conclusive, I was still 
desirous of making another experiment on a small scale to 
test the point, and, learning that the s.s. Chimborazo was 
bringing a shipment of English salmon ova for the New 
Zealand Government, I considered that it would be a good 
opportunity of ascertaining, by another experiment on a 
