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a'tervvards. No sportsman should ever be guilty of 

 ill-treating spent fish, and my remarks are intended 

 only for those who thoughtlessly, and not with 

 wanton cruelty, are in the habit of so doing. It is 

 my belief that many spent fish which meet with even 

 the more considerate treatment often die, whilst the 

 majority of the gaffed ones incur a certain and 

 lingering death. The use of the gaff, therefore, 

 should be prohibited until the spent fish have left 

 the river. 



AGE AND GROWTH OF SALMON. 



These questions are so mixed up with one another, 

 that in the following remarks I make no ajDology for 

 treating them as one. 



If I may refer to "Salmon Problems" again, 

 Mr. Bund wants to know " What is the age of a 

 40 lb. salmon.'*" The question is certainly one 

 which it is impossible to answer satisfactorily. 



If a salmon of 40 lbs. weight were caught and 



