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Of the other fish recaptured, 7 were taken in the remainder of 1913, 6 in 1914, 

 and 3 in 1915. 



In July 1913, a female was taken off the Bell Rock, at a distance of 36 miles to 

 the south and west. In August, a male was caught off Dunbar, at a distance of 59 

 miles to the south and west. In September, 2 females were recaptured, 1, 28 miles 

 to the north and west, and the other, offshore, at a distaiice of 51 miles to the east 

 and north. A female was taken in October, also offshore, to the south and east, at 

 a distance of 81 miles. In December, a male and a female were caught, the male, 

 of 31-37-6 cm., and " nearly ripe," 26 miles to the north and west, off Aberdeen, 

 and the fen\ale, measuring 60-60-2 cm., and also " nearly ripe," to the west of the 

 Bell Rock, at a distance of 51 miles to the south and west. 



In January 1914, a male, of 37-5-40 cm., and "ripe," was recaptured 7 miles 

 to the north and west, and in February 2 males, the condition of whose testes was 

 not recorded, both in the Moray Firth and 1 north-east of Tarbet Ness, at a distance 

 of 117 miles, and the other south-east of the same, at a distance of 106 miles. A 

 male, of 33-5-40 cm., and "spawning," was taken in March, to the north-east of 

 Kinnaird Head, at a distance of 71 miles to the north and east. Another, measur- 

 ing 33-5-41-1 cm., and " ripe," was caught in May, 9| miles to the north and west. 

 In October, a male, of 34-5-44 cm., and " fully half ripe," was recovered at a distance 

 of only 3 n.iiles to the south of the station. 



In January 1915, a female, of 32-49 cm., and "immature " was taken to the 

 south-east of Buchanness, at a distance of 34 miles to the north and east. In ; 



