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treatment and liberation of captured kelts is also 

 important, and the prohibition of the taking of parr 

 and smolts is necessary. 



None will question the pre-eminence of the Salmon 

 among our fishes, but not every one will go so far as 

 the Solway fishermen, who, according to Mr. Robert 

 Service, speak only of Salmon as " Fish," and 

 almost invariably with a peculiar deferential tone. 

 In reply to a question as to what luck he had had, 

 one replied, " A' had twae stanes o' fleuks, a skate, 

 about a dizzen o' herrin', some codlin's, and three 

 Fish!'' 



Those readers who wish to know more about the 

 Salmon will find much of interest in the annual 

 reports of the Fisheries Boards for Scotland and 

 Ireland for the last ten years, inluding papers by 

 Messrs. W. L. Calderwood and E. W. L. Holt 

 and their colleagues ; they should also consult — 



(i) F. Day, British and Irish Salmonidce, 

 London, 1887. 



(2) G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, "The Life- 



History of the Salmon and the 

 Phenomena of Nuptial and Sexual 

 Ornamentation and Development," in 

 An7i. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) ix. London, 

 1902. 



(3) K. Dahl, " A Study on Trout and Young 



Salmon," in NytMagazifif. Naturvidensk^ 

 xlii. Christiania, 1905. 



(4) W. L. Calderwood, The Life of the Salmon. 



London, 1907. 



(5) J. A. Hutton, Salmon Scales. London, 



1909. 



