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the Tay cannot be induced to allow clean salmon 

 to be caught in winter. How could their capture 

 injure our future supply ? In no way whatever. 

 The force of this argument has been conspicuously 

 recognized on two rivers, namely, the Thurso and 

 Naver. For years rod-fishermen have been allowed 

 to commence operations on those waters on the 1 1 th 

 of January, and success has constantly attended 

 their efforts. In a letter written to me in January, 

 1888, Mr. Munro, Alnahara Hotel, stated that he 

 killed a clean salmon in Loch Naver on the 13th 

 of that month. Netting has for some time com- 

 menced on the ist of January in the Sligo River 

 in the north of Ireland, and also in the little river 

 running out of Lough Currane at Waterville, in 

 the south, with the result that numbers of salmon 

 are sent to the London and Dublin markets from 

 those places on the opening day of the season. Nor 

 does it appear that this early netting diminishes 

 the stock of fish in the least ; on the contrary, 

 anglers have had as good sport in Lough Currane 



