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their ascent, and the gates of the pass left 

 open from October to A23ril, it ^Yas all to 

 no purpose — not a single salmon was known 

 to have iDassecl np. But that there may be 

 no failure, so far as human means can go, 

 in filling the Mask with fish, men have been 

 employed in stocking its several tributaries 

 with spawn by artificial propagation ; and as 

 the fact is now established that the salmon 

 species, after visiting the sea, return to the 

 same rivers in which they had been bred, 

 there can be no doubt that, in a short time, 

 as these experiments have proved successful, 

 this extensive district will be thoroughly 

 stocked with this valuable fish. All that will 

 be required will be proper protection^ and in a 

 short time Loughs Mask and Carra, like 

 Lough Corrib, will afford ample sport and 



