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then placed a further sum at Mr. Connor’s disposal, to 
enable him to place a larger number and a greater variety 
of fish in the lake ; and six different trips were made ; and 
although many died on the way, a large number of fish of 
a size that indicated the prospect of their soon spawning, 
were placed in the lake. Mr. Connor wrote to say that 
he wished to bear the cost of the first trip, but as he had 
given his personal care to the experiment all through in 
the most generous way, I did not think that he should 
bear any part of the actual outlay. The first lot was 
placed in the lake on the 3rd of June, 1876, and the last 
lot on the 25th of June, 1878. The result of this 
most interesting experiment is not yet known, as, in 
a lake twenty miles in length, a few fish are not easily 
found again. There is abundance of food, however, in 
its waters, including a small shrimp and a kind of whitebait, 
(Galaxias Attenuatus), which is found in myriads coming 
up to spawn in its tributaries, and as the water of the lake 
has been proved by chemical analysis to differ little from 
sea water, and to contain nothing deleterious to fish life, 
it is highly probable that the attempt will be successful. 
The fish included in the experiment, and liberated alive, 
have been the following : — 
Name of fish. Number liberated. 
Whiting — Sillago Punctata . 
. 9 
Rounder — Pleuronectes Victorice . 
. 47 
Mullet — JDajaus Diemensis . 
. 108 
Bream — Caranx Georgianus . 
. 12 
Crayfish — Astacus 
. 8 
Travale — Neptonemus Travale 
Eoughy — Arripis Georgianus 
. 1 
Salmon Trout — Arripis Truttaceus 
. 27 
Flathead — JPlatycephalus Pichardsoni 
. 25 
Gurnet — ' Vrigla Polyommata 
. 4 
Oyster — Ostrea 
. 384 
