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Date of Weight Date of Weight | Date of Weight 
Capture. in lbs. Capture. in lbs. Capture. in lbs, 
Bebsr ssa « . Of Norell = .. of Laman Snes . 72 
* iG) 2 x 55 6 ; . 83 On. . Io} 
” 21 ig) ” 9 95 ” fe) 83 
5 22 7% Rate | 10} - eA . 113 
March 6 74 28 10 | os iy es . iit 
35 8 Gi x 2E ie) i Bey - Tos 
xy OD 7 5 2S 10} | me 20. : 5 (OE 
Be es lo} = © 3} euncs aaa . of 
ome 1 i5) 94 May 6 12+ 5 idee - wie 
3 2 13 pe Oe OF 3» ‘F4 11 
These thirty fish weighed in all 2921 lbs. The above are the dates 
of the first return of these fish from the sea; and they solved a great 
mystery, for it was not known what they came from or whether they 
had yet spawned. I have taken several photographs of these wired 
fish, which will be reproduced as illustrations. 
A little over a month elapsed before we found another wired fish 
(Fig. 26). The dates and weights are as follows :— 

Date of Weight Date of Weight Date of Weight 
Capture. in lbs. | Capture. in lbs. Capture. in Ibs. 
July 18 18} je eAee: 8 Se unl | Aug. 3 174 
py oe) 13 | ” 9 . - 27 | » 5 14 
ae = 20 16 Laie wits 5 Bi 4 5 164 
22 194 | gus . 154 | © 144 
5 Oe 12 ease i: Se oad ot) let a 174 
ey 174 ae ll . , 1@ | + 8 164 
= uipe 184 ae ue) . 174 | &. 8 12 
Aug. 3 rt | 208 mance a anS 154 
» 3 184 
The net-fishing closed on 20th August. Another fish was caught by 
the rod on 20th September, weighing 15 lbs., and one 16 lbs. was 
caught while we were fishing for ova. These twenty-seven fish 
weighed 449 lbs. 
This third run of fish solved even a greater mystery than the 
small spring fish, for no one believed that these two runs of fish were 
of the same age, or that there was one run distinct from another ; 
neither was it thought that it was their first run from the sea. These 
