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Black, on the Council of tho Acclimatisation Society, and before 
at the Zoological Committee for a scries of years, and that he felt 
from this long observation how much their thanks were due to Dr. 
Black, in devoting so large a share of his time to those interests which 
brought them together in the acclimatisation cause, and that while we 
shared his animated zeal for that cause, perhaps none of his colleagues 
at the Council were placed in so happy a position to be able to freely 
dispose of his time, still it might be remembered that time might be 
devoted by Dr. Black to tho enjoyment among the numerous des- 
cendents of his flourishing family in the evening of his life, which 
they all trusted would be a long and serene one. He wished also to 
record, that to Dr. Black the palm of credit was due, in having 
induced the Acclimatisation Council to introduce the valuable 
Angoras in masses into this country, where they had proved in hot 
and grassless districts even to thrive well. He would on this occasion 
also desire to pay a tribute of acknowledgment to a gentleman, 
who nearly ten years ago had, at considerable sacrifices, brought the 
first seven Angoras to this country, and thus drew early our atten¬ 
tion to their value, that gentleman being Mr. Sichel, a merchant of 
this city. 
The President, in returning thanks, stated that one of the grand 
objects of tho Society was to provide varied food and sport for the 
people of this colony, and remarked that only last week he had, in 
compauy with Messrs. Sherwin, Godfrey, aud Purchas, liberated on 
the Plenty Ranges several young English pheasants, raised at the 
Royal Park, also some Indian jungle fowls and guinea fowls. 
A\ ith reference to what had fallen from Mr. Wilson, regarding the 
Murray cod-fish, he was glad to be able to say that the cod-fish 
placed in the Yan Yean reservoir four years ago, at his instance, had 
increased, and several large fish had recently been caught. He 
believed that we were on the eve of great discoveries in the science 
of fish culture, and considering that fish had been known to live in a 
frozen state for several days, he thought it not at all impossible 
that we might live to see living salmon and other fish brought out 
to these colonies from Europe aud America, in a frozen state. By 
the next mail he intended to write to Dr. Buckland, in London, 
suggesting that this experiment should be tried. 
