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10. Do the sexes differ in respect to shape, size, rate of growth, 

 etc.? 



E. Migrations and Movements. 



11. By what route do these fish come in to the shore; and what 

 the subsequent movements ? 



12. By what route do they leave the coast ? 



13. Where do they spend the winter season ? 



14. When are the fish first seen or known to come near the 

 shore, and when does the main body arrive; are tlie first the 

 largest- are there more schools or runs than one coming in, and 

 at what intervals ? 



15. When do the fish leave shore, and is this done by degrees, or 

 in a body ? 



16. Is the appearance of the fish on the coast regular and certain, 

 or do they ever fail for one or more seasons at a time, and then re- 

 turn in greater or less abundance? If so, to what cause is this 

 assigned ? 



17. How do the runs differ from each other in number and size ? 



18. Which sex comes in first; and how far advanced is the spawn 

 in the female on first arriving ? 



19. Will either sex, or both, take the hook on first arriving ; and 

 if so, is there any period of the stay of the. fish when they refuse it ? 



20 If they refuse the hook at first, how soon do they begin to 

 take it after arriving ? 



21. Do the schools of fish swim high or low ; and is their arrival 

 known otherwise than by their capture * that is, do they make a 

 ripple on the water: do they attract birds, etc ? 



22 What is the relation of their movements to the ebb and flow 

 of the tide ? 



23. Does spawn ever run out of these fish taken with a hook ? 



