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to the north and west, 1 at 15 miles and the other at 50 miles, 6 miles south-east 

 of Foula. Two males and 3 females were taken in June, 1 of the males and 1 of 

 the females near Foula, 51 and 53 miles to the north and west ; the others were got 

 to the south and west, the male and 1 female to the cast of the Orkneys', at 33 and 

 38 miles, and the other female in the Moray Firth, about midway between Noss 

 Head and Kinnaird Head, at a distance of 80 miles. In July, a male and 2 females 

 were recaptured, the females to the north and west, at 13 miles, and the male near 

 Rattray Head, 95 miles to the south and west. A female was recaptured in August, 

 close to Noss Head, in the Moray Firth , 82 miles to the south and west. In November, 

 a male was taken aoith of Kinnaird Head, 66 miles to the south and west, ard a 

 female near Duncaiisby Head, 63 miles to tlie south and west. A male was taken 

 in March 1913, to the east of the Orkneys, at a distance of 39 miles to the south 

 and west, and in April, a female off Strathie Point, on the north coast, at a distance 

 of 100 miles to the south and west. A male was taken in August, offshore, south- 

 east of Aberdeen, 154 miles to the southwards, and in January 1914, a male was 

 recaptured Ih miles off Whitehills, on the south coast of the Moray Firth, at a 

 distance of 109 miles to the south and west. A female was recaptured in May 

 1914, 13 miles to the north and west, and the last fish of the experiment was taken 

 in June 1914. after 1313 days, a female, also 13 miles to the north and west. 



Aji inspection of the migration chart for this experiment shows the lines radiating 

 in great numbers to the south and west, the greater number to the east of the 

 Orkneys and into the westeni half of the Mora}" Firth. A number moved down 

 the east coast of Scotland ; 6 were taken north east of Kinnaird Head, and 6 farther 

 to the south, 1 of them to the eastern side of the Bell Rock. Six fish were recaptured 

 near Foula, Shetlands, and 1 farther to the north, off the west of the Shetlands. 

 Two were taken to the north-west of the Orkneys, and 26 west and south-west of 

 the Orkneys ; 9 on the north coast ; 8 in the vicinity of Cape Wrath ; 2 off the 

 Butt of Lewis, and 1 in the Gairloch, close to the Isle of Skye. 



