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26. Autumn Salmon, iSi Ibs. Caught iSth July 1907. Marked as Smolt May 



1905. First return from the sea . . . . . .31 



27. Mark of iS^-lb. Salmon shown, caught iSth July 1907 . . . .32 



28. Male Salmon, 27 Ibs. 9th August 1907. Marked as Smolt May 1905. Largest 



caught up till this date. First return from the sea . . . -33 



29. Large Spring Salmon, 15 Ibs. First caught, 7th February 1908. Marked as 



Smolt May 1905. First return from the sea . . . .34 



30. Showing mark of 15-lb. Spring Salmon. First caught, 7th February 1908. 



Marked as Smolt May 1905 . . . . . -35 



31. i3-lb. marked Salmon. Caught ijth February 1908. Marked as Smolt 1905 . 36 



32. 35-lb. marked Salmon. Caught at Almond mouth, on the Tay, 3ist March 



1908. Marked as Smolt, about i^ oz., May 1905, having been in the sea 

 nearly three years. Age five years . . . . . -37 



33. Male Salmon, 27 Ibs. February 1904. First return from the sea . . 38 



34. Tay Female Salmon, 30 Ibs. 2nd August 1907. First return from the sea . 39 



35. Tay Male Salmon, 40 Ibs. March 1905. First return from the sea . . 40 



36. Tay Female Salmon, 40 Ibs. First return from the sea . . .40 



37. Showing mark of first small Spring fish, 9! Ibs., caught iSth February 1907. 



Marked as Smolt May 1905 . . . . . -4' 



38. 7-lb. Female Kelt Grilse. March 1903 . . . . .42 



39. (i) So-called Tay Bull-Trout, 30 Ibs. Second return from the sea, having 



spawned. (2) Salmon, 30 Ibs. August 1905. First return from the sea, 



has not spawned . . ... . . . .43 



40. 7-lb. Kelt, small Spring fish. March 1908 . . . . .44 



41. Female 12-lb. Kelt Autumn Salmon, immediately after spawning. The Don, 



i i th February 1 900 . . . . . . .45 



42. Female Salmon, 26^ Ibs. Marked as a Smolt May 1905. Caught on 5th July 



1909 . ... .47 



43. Scale of 26l-lb. Salmon. Marked as a Smolt May 1905. Caught 5th July 1909 48 



44. Female Salmon on spawning-bed, turning up the gravel with her tail. November 



1904 53 



45. Salmon Spawning-Bed on the Tay . . . . . .54 



46. Salmon Spawning-Bed (enlarged) . . . . . .54 



47. Showing Salmon-Beds diverting the water where the gravel is raised, River 



Duart More, Sutherland . . . . . . -55 



48. Salmon, Male and Female. Female turned on her side, turning up the gravel 



with her tail . . . . . . . .56 



49. Salmon Spawning, Male and Female. November 1904 . . -57 



50. Showing Salmon Spawning-Beds on River Almond. November 1905 . . 58 



51. 25-lb. Female Baggot or Rawner. The Don, i6th February 1899 . . 60 



