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it, making its age to be five years three months. Thirty narrow lines 

 point to its having gone down when two years old. 



The scale, Fig. in, shows one hundred lines, and the fish went 

 down as a kelt the previous year, when it put on sixteen lines. Thirty 

 narrow lines in the centre show it had gone down also when two years 

 old. 



The scale, Fig. 112, shows eighty-five lines, making the fish to 



FIG. 113. ag-lb. Female. 28th June 1910. 



be five years three months. It is impossible from this scale to tell 

 where the parr lines end, as they are not well defined. 



The scale, Fig. 113, shows eighty-seven lines, making the fish to 

 be of same age as Fig. 112. The parr lines in this scale are well 

 defined, showing clearly each year's growth of sixteen lines. This 

 fish went down when two years old. 



The scale, Fig. 114, shows thirty parr lines, showing it had gone 

 down when two years old. At four years and three months it came 

 up again, the rings having increased to sixty-eight. The fish then 



