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Thus, in the fourth quarter, 9 fishes, or 14-1 per cent., were recaptured ; 5 

 (55-5 per cent.) were taken to the north and east, at an average distance of 144 

 miles, the mean rate of travel per 10 days being 4'3 miles ; 2 each were got north 

 and west and south and east, the average distance being 20 and 59 miles respectively, 

 and the mean rate of travel "5 and 1'7 miles. 



In the 12 months following liberation, therefore, 45 fish, or 70-3 per cent., 

 were recaptured, particulars being ascertained for 44 of them, or 68'7 per cent. 

 Fifteen (34-1 per cent.) were found to the north and east ; 12 (27"3 per cent.) to 

 the north and west ; 6 (13-6 per cent.) to the south and west ; 5 (11-4 per cent.) 

 to the west ; 4 (9"1 per cent.) to the south and east ; and 2 directly east. 



Of the remaining 19 fish, 15 were recaptured in 1914. One male and 2 females 

 were taken in April, at distances of from 64 to 106 miles to the north and east. One 

 of the females was " spent," and the other " immature," while the male was 

 " ripe." Three females were caught in May, 1, 8 niiles to the south-east, after 

 421 days, " spent " ; 2 were got to the north-east, 1 at a distance of 10 and 

 the other at 18 miles, the latter being "immature." One male and 3 females were 

 recaptured in June, all to the north and east, at distances of from 20J to 73 miles. 

 One of the females is described as " spent," the others as " immature." Two 

 females were taken in July, but particulars of the place of capture of one were not 

 ascertained ; the other was taken after 488 days, off St. Abb's Head, the con- 

 dition of the ovaries not being recorded. A male was got in August, 15 miles to 

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