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The following table sets forth these particulars for the first year :- 



The remaining plaice of the experiment were recaptured as follows; : — 'Four in 

 the remainder of 1912, and 7 in 1913. 



A female was caught in September 1912, after 422 days, 9 miles to the south 

 and west, and another in October, aftei 461 days, 29 miles to the south and west. 

 In November, a male was taken far offshore, north-east of Kinnaird Head, at a 

 distance of 102 miles to the north and east ; it measured 32'5-38*l cm., and was 

 " about half ripe " ; a female, described as " mature," was also taken in November, 

 offshore, to the south-east, at a distance of 28 miles. 



Two females were recovered in February 1913, 1 of 37-45*4 cm., and " rather 

 immature, " to the north-east of the Orkneys , at a distance of 169 miles to the north 

 and east ; and the other, measuring 35-41'3 cm., and "immature," 13J miles to 

 the north and west. In April, a female of 31-40*8 cm., and " nearly ripe," was 

 recaptured 30 miles E. by S. | S. of Haitlepool, at a distance of 138 miles to the 

 south and west. In June, a male and a female were taken, the male 30 miles to 

 the south and west, to the east of the Bell Rock, and the female, described as "spent," 

 33 miles to the north and west. A male was got in October, off Kinnaird Head, at 

 a distance of 65 miles ; it was said to be " nearly ripe." The last fish from the 

 experiment was a male, caught in December 1913, after 883 days, 41 miles to the 

 south and west, north-east of the Isle of May ; it was "nearly ripe," and measured 

 34-44-8 cm. 



The following table sets forth the particulars of distance and direction in each 

 quadrant for all the fish of the experiment : — 



[Table. 



