thriven well, and now exist in numbers in various parts of 
the colony. The Ceylon elk or Sambur deer increased 
wonderfully in the Koo-wee-rup Swamp on the confines of 
Gippsland, and also at Ercildoune, on the property of the 
late Sir Samuel Wilson, near Burrumbeet. The beauti¬ 
fully-marked Axis deer from India have found a home in 
the high hills known as the Grampians, in the Western dis¬ 
trict. The English fallow deer are in considerable numbers 
in the district of the Upper Yarra, having been placed there 
by Mr. Paul de Castella, of Yering. The small variety of 
deer from India known as the Plog deer are acclimatised 
successfully at Wilson’s Promontory, and have spread into 
the adjacent district of Gippsland. In other parts of the 
colony the Rusa deer may be found, while on the property 
of the Messrs. Chirnside, at the Werribee, the Red deer 
have succeeded well. The Alpaca and Llama were also 
introduced, and great hopes were at first entertained that 
these interesting and valuable South American animals 
would increase and add to the productive wealth of the co¬ 
lony, but the experiment proved a failure, and the animals 
all died out. Possibly their surroundings were not suitable, 
and the result might have been different if they had been 
sent to the high lands of the Australian Alps. An importa¬ 
tion was made in 1866, from which great results were anti¬ 
cipated, of 100 pure Angora goats, which were purchased in 
Asia Minor, but they were unfortunately subject to a long 
voyage of 12c days before being landed in Victoria. These 
goats seemed to thrive well for a time, and increased in num¬ 
bers, being apparently situated in a congenial climate, but 
after a while their progress was less satisfactory, and it was 
deemed necessary to remove the greater part of the Society’s 
flock to a station of the late Sir Samuel Wilson, on the Witu¬ 
rn era, who found it desirable to remove them to his Mount 
Bute Estate, where theremainder of the flock still are, but the 
high hopes entertained by many people of the wealth which 
would accrue to the assets of the colony by the mohair pro¬ 
duced bv millions of Angora goats have proved visionary, 
and the result of their acclimatisation has been a total 
failure. The cause is difficult to ascertain, as they were 
tri^d in various parts of Victoria, as well as in New South 
Wales. Special efforts were made by Mr. Price Maurice, 
who incurred considerable expense in introducing them to 
South Australia, but there also without success. A num¬ 
ber of pure goats were sold by the Society to a gentleman in 
West Australia, but the same bad fate attended the experi¬ 
ment. One of the difficulties was that of keeping tin the 
purity of the breed, through the common goat being found 
over the whole colony, and one common Billy goat would 
