224 BRITISH FRESH-WATER FISHES 
Mr. Wilfred Kennedy landed one of 68 Ib. in the Aora, a 
Norwegian river, in August, 1894. The following particulars 
of heavy fish taken in the United Kingdom were noted by 
Frank Buckland :— 
Date. River. Weight. Length. Girth. oe 
Oct. 23, 1869 Shannon 44 Ib. 4 ft. 24 in. 2 ft. 4 in. Rod. 
June, 1870. Tay 70 Ib. 4 ft. 5 in. 2 ft. 74 in. Net. 
Aug. 1879. Tay 65 lb. |4 ft. 52 in.| 2 ft. rfin. | Net. 
Tay 53 |b. 4 ft. Not recorded | Net. 
Tay 49} Ib. 4 ft. Not recorded | Net. 
April 2, 1880 . | Avon(Hants)| 53 Ib. 4 ft. 44 in. 23 ft. Net. 
To which I may add the following from a letter received 
from Mr. P. D. Malloch, of Perth, while these lines were 
being written (July, 1902): “ We have got two salmon (in the 
nets) over 60 lb. last week, and one yesterday 50 lb., only 
4 ft. 1 in. long—a great beauty.” On June 16th, 1902, a 
salmon weighing 50 lb. was taken by Mr. Dugdale’s keeper 
with fly on the river Ewe, Rosshire. There may be added 
here the following authentic instances of large salmon captured 
by rod and line in Ireland: one of 58 Ib., in 1872, on the 
Shannon ; one of 57 |b., taken on the Suir in 1874 by Michael 
Maher, a professional fisher ; and one of 54 lb., taken on the 
Shannon, February 14th, 1903, by Mr. F. Milburn. 
The salmon of British waters is naturally abundant in those 
of the Atlantic coast of North America; but on the Pacific 
coast its place is taken by the quinnat, or Californian salmon 
(Oncorhynchus quinnat), which it has seemed expedient to 
systematic ichthyologists to classify in a distinct genus, because 
it has more than fourteen rays in the anal fin. Attempts have 
been made to introduce this species into European waters ; but 
anglers have good cause to pray that the success which is 
reported to have attended them may be fictitious, because these 
fish are said never to rise at the fly. 
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