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memories or registers. We have also for 

 many years noted down similar records in 

 our Salmon Registers, and we will quote two 

 instances out of many as extremes : 



The example from Fur, Feather, and Fin 

 series (p. 119) is as follows, as related in 

 tabular form : 



During the first hour and fifty minutes 

 10.5 A.M. to 11.55 eight fish were brought to 

 net out of nine hooked. 



In the next period of same length of time 

 12.10 to 2 P.M. seven fish out of nine were 

 lost. 



Then between 2.10 and 5.50 ten fish out 

 eleven were brought to net. 



It is further interesting to read the Hon. 

 Gathorne-Hardy's notes ; but while granting 

 that such experiences are quite common, 

 as all anglers know, he does not attempt to 

 explain the cause. 



We will now supplement the above with 

 one of many experiences of our own : 



On the 14th July 1896 we had a lively 

 experience on the Upper Inver. 



