The Salmon 
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introduction. During some seasons it is worse than in others, 
and the colder the weather 
the worse it becomes. 
In the year it was 
first known it commenced 
in the spring by attack- 
ing spring fish. In the 
autumn, again, its ravages 
commenced in September, 
continued durine = the 
whole winter, causing 
the death of thousands of 
fish. Since then the 
autumn fish have become 
affected later each year, 
and this year (1907) very 
little of the disease was 
seen among the autumn 
fish until December. 
Winter, spring, and sum- 
mer fish, however, are 
more or less affected 
throughout the whole year 
when they enter the higher 
reaches. — This, I think, is 
caused by the clean fish 
Entering the. distrret 
where the river is full of 
old diseased fish. If so, 
these; “spring wishe infect 
the summer fish, and these 
latter the autumn ones, 
and this goes on year after year. 
fhe fallsof Gummel, Garry, Wochy, WDochatt, 

November 1900, 
18-lb, Female Salmon, unspawned. 
JIE, TAS. 
and Lyon help 
