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left the sea and entered the Ness later than 

 the previous November i.e. if they had ever 

 been down to salt water at all! But as a 

 curious companion instance to this, a single 

 specimen of the so-called Salmo Killinensis 

 of Gunther, or the char of Loch Killin above 

 the Falls of Foyers, was caught by worm 

 in the tidal part of the river Ness early 

 in March 1898 (vide Annals of Scottish 

 Natural History, April 1898). Strange 

 that escaping from Loch Killin into Loch 

 Ness this fish should not descend below 

 the layer of spate-water in Loch Ness, 

 but find its way down three-fourths of the 

 whole length of the loch, as if making 

 willingly to the sea ! 



Many more curious instances could be 

 given, and it might be worth the trouble 

 some day to collect such facts for future 

 use, both with a bearing upon their natural 

 conditions of life and changes of diet, and 

 also as possible influences to guide legislation 

 when framing an Act for a close-time for trout. 



We certainly want a close-time for trout, 

 but we require the same to be suited to 

 innumerable conditions, and to each river 



