Ferdinand von Mueller

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Letter not found. The text given here is from Bulletin de la Société impériale zoologique d'acclimatation, series 2, vol. 7 (1870), p. 70. The letter is dated to November 1869 as the latest it could have been sent to be reported at the meeting of the Society held on 7 January 1870. This date is supported by the mention of the article from the Argus of 8 November.

[M. Ramel annonce que la présence du Saumon est aujourd'hui assurée en Tasmanie, d'après une lettre qu'il vient de recevoir de M. F. Von Mueller et des articles publiés dans les journaux de Melbourne : “Il a été pêché dans le Derwent deux Saumons, l'un de 10 pouces de longueur sur 5 de circonférence, l'autre, de 9 pouces de longueur: les renseignements ne permettent pas encore de pouvoir préciser si ce sont des Smolts ou des Grilse, mais tout fait supposer que ce sont des Smolts.” (Argus de Melbourne, 8 novembre 1869).]

[M. Ramel announces that the presence of salmon is now assured in Tasmania, according to a letter that he has just received from Mr F. Von Mueller and from the articles published in the Melbourne newspapers: "Two Salmon, one 10 inches in length by 5 in circumference, the other 9 inches in length, have been fished in the Derwent: the information does not yet allow us to be able to specify whether they are Smolts or Grilse , but everything makes us suppose that they are Smolts .' (Melbourne Argus , 8 November 1869)

2

The translated passage quoted is a slightly paraphrased extract from an item in 'Summary for Europe', Argus Supplement, 8 November 1869, p. 1. In the lifecycle of the salmon, smolts are the stage, usually in the spring of the second, third or fourth year after hatching, where the salmon migrate to the sea; grilse are mature salmon retuning to their native river after a year at sea.

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