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dare on this day, and saw several large fish leaping at the 

 upper ladder. 



" ' November 9. We put up from the ladder twenty- 

 four male and fifteen female fish. 



" ' November 23. Lowered the sluice again ; twenty- 

 five male and twenty female fish found in the pond. A 

 few of these were large fish, say 14 Ibs. or 15 Ibs. weight. 



" ' November 30. The fish are now beginning to spawn 

 in great numbers in the Owenbeg river. 



" ' December 3. Thirty-six male and forty-five female 

 fish found in the ladder. 



" ' 1858. January 5. Saw a few spawning-beds in 

 Owenmore. 



" ' January 9. In river Arrow and tributaries found 

 twenty-nine salmon redds. 



" ' February 14. Walked the Kilmorgan river (a tribu- 

 tary to the Arrow), and counted twenty-one redds.' 



" In the early part of this year, 1858, we seldom fished. 

 In the month of February we took five fish ; in March 

 three ; in April two ; in May ten j in June thirty-nine. 

 We did not, in fact, begin to fish regularly till the 1st 

 July. During this month we took 868 salmon, and up to 

 the 20th August (the close of our season) 530 more the 

 year's take averaging very little more than 4 Ibs. each. 

 Mr. Culbertson's notes on this year are : ' Spring-fish 

 showing in February. One of 9 Ibs. taken in the net, was 

 a fry marked by Brown in 1856. In March got another 

 about the same weight. Only a few fish through this 

 mouth. Fry coming down in April, and more plentifully 



