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near Buchanness, 34 miles to the north and west ; 1 male was taken south-east of 

 Aberdeen, at a distance of 26 miles, and the other off Dunbar, at 64 miles distant 

 to the south and west. 



In January 1914, a female was caught in the Moray Firth, off Banff, at a distance 

 of 77 miles, and was " nearly ripe." 



In February, a male was recaptured in the Moray Firth, close to Tarbet Ness, 

 at a distance of 113 miles, and a female 23 miles to the south and west. 



In this quarter, 7 fish, or 9-2 per cent., were recaptured, 5 (71"4 per cent.) to 

 the north and west, and 2 to the south and west. 



In the 12 months immediately following the liberation, 53 of the marked 

 plaice, or 69' 7 per cent., were taken, 25 (47'2 per cent.) to the north and west, 

 20 (37'7 per cent.) to the south and west, 3 (5'7 pei cent.) to the north and east, 

 3 to the south and east, and 2 to the north. 



A summary of these particulars is given in the following table : — 



Of the other fish recaptured, 20 were taken in the remainder of 1914, 2 in 1915> 

 and 1 in 1917. 



In March 1914, 2 males and a female were got, the males at 10 and 12 miles 

 to the north and west, and the female in the Firth of Forth, near EHe, at a distance 

 of 68 miles to the south and west. 



Three females were recovered in April, 2 at 11 and 11|- miles to the north and 

 west, and 1 on the west coast of Scotland, 13 miles W.S.W. of Cape Wrath, at a 

 distance of 198 miles. 



In May, 2 females and a male were recaptured, one of the females 39 miles to 

 the south and west, south-east of the Bell Rock, and the other north and east of 



