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menced the feeding of the second summer, which is 

 represented by six lines in the June capture and by 

 nineteen rather large lines in one of the August 

 captures." 



In following out the scale record we have also 

 evidence as to the history of three of the small 

 spring fish which were, like the grilse just referred 

 to, marked when smolts in 1905. Here again the 

 evidence of the scales bears out the deductions arrived 

 at by the marking. The recaptures were made in 

 the spring of the present year (1907). 



" An apparent break in the lines of the second 

 summer is nearly always visible on the scales, and 

 looks like a voluntary or compulsory diminution of 

 feeding for some time. Another point seems evident 

 from the marking, and that is that these small 

 springers are returning for the first time, and have 

 consequently never spawned. This corresponds with 



