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one fish, at different stages of their growth ; and 

 that it will induce them not only to repeal the 

 Dart act, but generally to provide for the more ef- 

 fectual preservation of this valuable fish. 



12. And lastly : I copied what follows from the 

 Leeds Intelligencer newspaper, of the 13th March, 

 1823. " The much-agitated question, whether 

 whitings or herlings are young salmon, or a dis- 

 tinct species of fish, seems to be set at rest by a 

 " decisive and well-authenticated experiment. In 

 May, 1820, Mr. Ralph and Mr. Barnes marked 

 1465 fry, by taking off the dead fin, and returned 

 " them to their native element. In the ensuing 

 " season, many of them were recaptured as whitings; 

 " in the second, as sea-trout and gilse ; and on Tues- 

 " day night last, &fine salmon weighing ten pounds 

 " so marked was caught at Stainton, and has 

 M been seen by a great number of persons, and 

 " it was exhibited at the public office on Wed- 

 " nesday j those who have maintained a contrary 

 " doctrine, must now give up their opinion." — 

 Carlisle Patriot. 



In consequence of seeing this paragraph, I wrote 

 the following note to the editor of the Leeds Intel- 

 ligencer: " As I am desirous of knowing everything 

 that can be known upon this subject, I very much 

 wish, if I knew how, to have the words 'whitings 9 or 

 * herlings* defined or explained, because they are 

 local terms, and are totally unknown in this part 

 of the world ; the terms that we give to these fish, 

 are, first, salmon-fry or salmon-spawn, called by 



