The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS.

Mr. Edward Wilson reports progress as to the
distribution of animals over the surface of the
earth :

" When, several months since, I addressed you
upon this topic we were endeavouring to raise a
subscription for the purchase of a small flock of
llamas and alpacas just brought here from South
America, with the view of presenting them to the
colony of Victoria. With some little trouble we
succeeded in doing this, getting together from vari-
ous friends of the colonies about £l,OOO, and land-
ing 22 of these animals safely in Melbourne. They
have since done very well. They have bean there
now morn than a year, so as to test the effect of each
season. When I last heard of them not one had
died since they landed, and their number had in-
creased from 22 to 30. The wind had meanwhile
been completely taken out of our sails as to the
honour of the first introduction of this valuable ani-
mal, by the landing in Sydney of the large herd of
about 270, collected and brought over direct from
Peru with such wonderful perseverance by Mr.
Ledger. But as a secondary experiment, in a diffe-
rent neighbourhood, and different management, our
own little venture is not without its interest.

" The next thing we undertook was the salmon,
some notice of our experiments with which has
already appeared in your columns. Here, again,
we raised about £6OO, and sent off in a clipper ship
about 30,000 ova, properly impregnated, and with
a stream of iced water trickling over them, by which
we had every reason to hope the hatching would be
retarded till they reached the temperate latitudes.
A nursery had been carefully prepared for the
young fry upon one of the southern rivers of Tas-
mania, the nearest approach in latitude and general
characteristics to their parent streams, and if esta-
blished there they can in due course be draughted
off to all other suitable rivers.

"By the last mail, however, we learnt that our
experiment had not been successful. The vessel had
a bad passage, the ice ran short at 26 deg. south lat.,
and, directly after, the ova died. Very great inte-
rest had meentime been excited in the colonies, and
there is no doubt that during the ensuing season
the attempt will be repeated."
After relating F., failure in inspecting the Mauri-
tius " gouramier," a fresh-water fish, and success in
bringing into the Yarra Yarra the Murray River
cod, Mr. Wilson continues:—
" The camel, so invaluable for our exploring
parties, has been sent for to India, and 24 of these
animals, consisting of eight each of the three breeds
that money could buy, marched through the streets
of Melbourne in the beginning of June, With that
number we may considr the camel permanently
established among us. The fallow deer and one or
two of the more common kinds from India, have
long since been successfully introduced, and are now
to be found in considerable numbers on the estates
of our more opulent settlers. Six fineered deer,
presented to Mr. Chirnside by her Majesty, were
lent out in the beginning of the year. I understand
Trom Mr. You' that the peacock now breeds wild in
the bush upon the estates of some of the colonists
of Tasmania.
" A well known settler, Mr. James Austin, hes
lately succeeded in landing between 60 and 70
tridg,es, which may be considered to give every
chance of permanent establishment to this bird. He
has also landed about 20 wild rabbits and a few
hares, I have sent over soma hundreds of skylarks,
and the first shipments have arrived. I have also
forwarded considerable numbers of the thrush, the
blackbird, the goldfinch, the linnet, and the starling,
and intend following up with the nightingale,
robin, &c.
" While this has been going on from this side,
the colonists have not been idle. Aviaries, fish-
ponds, &c., have been prepared upon a large scale
in our botanical gardens; adding to the interest of
those beautiful grounds, so as to attract visitors to
the extent, I see by a recent return, of double the
number annually that visit Hampton Court, and
nearly as many as visit Kew. The Legislature of
Victoria has voted the sum of 1500 to assist us in
our efforts; and a public meeting had been held in
the Exchange at Melbourne, to urge upon the Go•
verntnent to grant the further some of £2,000.
" Now, sir, I would venture to ask what results
might not be looked for if every colony in her Ma-
jesty's dominions were to enter into these experi-
ments with somewhat similar zeal, and if England
herself were to do her share in the great work ?"

Mr. Wilson advocates the interchange amongst
all our colonies of all varieties of animals :—" I am
glad to see that an association under very high
auspices has been projected to do something in this
direction ; but even here there originally seemed a
limitation utterly unworthy of the conception, The
society originally proposed to introduce new things
into Great Britain. BW: I am happy to say that
the committee cordially.adopted a proposition that
I ventured to make to give the association a more
truly national character, to ex.tend the sphere of its
operations over the whole area of the British
diminions."

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