The Salmon 89 
Its length was 4 feet 5 inches, its girth 2 feet 7 inches, and its weight 
71 lbs. Mr. Frank Buckland had a cast made of this fish and painted by 
Rolfe. It is now in the Buckland Museum, South Kensington, labelled 
70 lbs., having evidently lost 1 lb. by the time it reached London, as 
I distinctly remember seeing it in Mr. Speedie’s window in Perth, 





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Fic. 91.—50 lbs. roth August 1907. First return from the sea. 
labelled 71 lbs. I was fortunate in procuring the negative of this fish, 
and have pleasure in reproducing it (Fig. 96). Fish between 50 and 
60 lbs. in weight are often caught in the nets on the Tay, while a few 
between 60 and 65 lbs. are sometimes captured; but beyond this weight 
fish are rare. I have noticed in our fish-house as many as forty fish over 
40 lbs. in weight, all caught in one day with the nets. In smaller rivers, 
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