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fifteen minutes by using a pair of bellows and a piece of 
indiarubber tube, corked at the end, and pierced with small 
holes, to bring the air which was forced into the water into 
contact with as large a surface as possible. Fortunately, 
the weather, though warm, was not oppressive, and it was 
not difficult, by the occasional use of ice, to keep the 
temperature of the water from rising, and this ranged at 
from 54 deg. to 58 deg. throughout the journey. On my 
arrival at Geelong, Mr. Le Souef was waiting to take 
charge of two cans containing about 4000 salmon, intended 
for the Upper Yarra. These, on being examined at 
Geelong, were found to be strong and lively. On reaching 
the Bar won at Winchelsea, 200 were given to the station- 
master, who started off in the moonlight to put them in the 
river about 200 yards off. At Birregurra station Mr. 
Strachan, the occupant of Sir C. Sladen’s Eipplevale 
estate, took charge of a small can containing 500 
of the fry to place them in the upper waters of 
the Barwon Biver. On reaching Colac, at twelve p.m., the 
cans were transferred to an express waggon, and we at 
once started for the- Gellibrand Biver by moonlight, so as 
to lose no time, and to get through in the cool of the night. 
The road was a pretty good bush track for some miles till 
we reached the forest, but as we penetrated further it 
became more difficult for a wheeled vehicle to get along, 
owing to fallen logs, ruts, stumps, and the steep ranges and 
gullies which had to be crossed. At daybreak we reached 
a hill just above the channel of Love’s Biver, which 
is the first tributary of the Gellibrand. As the descent 
was very steep, and much encumbered with fallen timber, 
we camped, and Waited for daylight, much enjoying a bush 
meal, by the light of an enormous fire. Our pioneers then 
cleared a practicable track, and after some difficulty we 
reached the bank of the stream, and on examination found 
