348 



REPOET ON THE PROBABLE AGES OF YOUNG FISH. 



It will be seen from the above record that there was a great out- 

 bni-st, so to speak, of small plaice at the end of April. On April 

 25th several hundred were taken in the shove-net, on the 28th 

 nearly 200. The greatest number of these were 2 inches iu length, 

 their range in length was from l^ to 3 inches ; the specimens ex- 



