History and Habits 



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done the fish gather in shoals and drop down 

 stream till the sea is reached. 



In the Fishing Gazette for September 2, 1893, 

 is a table by Mr. E. Sturdy for estimating the 

 weights of salmon by their inches of length, of 

 course assuming the fish to be in average con- 

 dition. As these trials were made on one river 

 and for a part of one season only, by Mr. Sturdy, 

 it might not be safe to base any general law on 

 them. The table is as follows, and I have, in giv- 

 ing it, not gone into the fractions of pounds in 

 the original, but simply put down the approxima- 

 tions to quarters of pounds : — 



A fish of 41 in. weighs 29J lbs. 

 A fish of 42 in. weighs 3if lbs. 

 A fish of 43 in. weighs 34 lbs. 

 A fish of 44 in. weighs 36^ lbs. 

 A fish of 45 in. weighs 39 lbs. 

 A fish of 46 in. weighs 41 J lbs. 

 A fish of 47 in. weighs 44J lbs. 

 A fish of 48 in. weighs 47J lbs. 

 A fish of 49 in. weighs 50J lbs. 

 A fish of 50 in. weighs 53^ lbs." 



" A fish of 30 

 A fish of 31 

 A fish of 32 

 A fish of 33 

 A fish of 34 

 A fish of 35 

 A fish of 36 

 A fish of 37 

 A fish of 38 

 A fish of 39 

 A fish of 40 



n. weighs \2\ lbs. 

 n. weighs I2| lbs. 

 n. weighs 14 lbs. 

 n. weighs 15J lbs. 

 n. weighs i6| lbs. 

 n. weighs i8| lbs. 

 n. weighs 20 lbs. 

 n. weighs 2i| lbs. 

 n. weighs 23J lbs. 

 n. weighs 25I lbs. 

 n. weighs 27^ lbs. 



It is my impression that there may be very 

 sensible variations from this table, particularly in 

 large fish, depending on the difference in con- 

 dition. I once measured accurately a female 



