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On 22nd January 1907, whilst angling on the Islamouth beat of 

 the Tay, I caught twenty-four kelts, ninety per cent of which had been 

 a very short time in the river. Their average weight was about 20 

 Ibs., and all were dark in colour, some of them red ; in fact, I never 

 before saw fish in such splendid condition. I was so struck with 



FIG. 88. Marked as Kelt, 16 Ibs., February 1904. Recaptured iSth June 1905, 34 Ibs. 



their appearance that I went back next day and caught a number, 

 and had them photographed. These photographs I reproduce 

 (Figs. 82, 83). No doubt these fish, caught a little later in the 

 season, would be known as " well-mended kelts," a term often applied 

 to them by anglers. Being black in colour, they are not, of course, 

 so showy as silvery kelts. The other ten per cent were ordinary long, 



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