SALMON-FISHING 223 
Salmon. lb.  Sea-trout. Ib. 
Aug. 27.—Naylor . : 15 94 6 8 
- Probyn . ; 36 210 4 2 
iF Hansard . : 8 39 a 4 
Aug. 28.—Naylor . ¢ 54 314 12 6 
43 Probyn . : 15 80 3 3 
Ss Hansard . : 9 57 3 2 
Aug. 29.—Naylor . é 15 89 3 2 
a Probyn . : I 6 = — 
4 Hansard . : 27 184 5 4 
Aug. 30.—Naylor  . : 2 16 2 2 
3 Probyn . , 18 ES 4 3 
~ Hansard . ; 5 29 — — 
Aug. 31.—Naylor . ; 45 269 5 4 
3 Probyn . : 7 37 3 2 
s Hansard . : II 63 4 5 
Sept. 1.—Naylor  . : 12 74 2 I 
Fe Probyn . : 7 44 — — 
a Hansard . ; 46 308 7 4 
TOTAL FOR THE WEEK. 
Salmon. Ib.  Sea-trout. Ib. 
Naylor . : : ce ucle 856 31 23 
Probyn . : : é 84 490 14 se) 
Hansard . é : « 106 680 26 19 
333 2026 71 52 
One of the main sources of excitement in salmon-fishing 
is the average size of the fish, and the great weight to which 
Weight of they sometimes attain. Hitherto, in this country, 
Salmon. the heaviest fish on authentic record has been taken 
by the net in the Tay, weighing 70 lb. ; but a fish of upwards 
of 60 lb. was taken on the spinning bait from the Stanley 
water on the Tay during the same season (1870); and every 
angler who puts his luck to the test in that magnificent river 
is entitled to expect to break that record. 
A salmon of upwards of 70 Ib. is credited to the rod of 
Sir Richard Musgrave from a river in British Columbia, and 
