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very similar experiences, although it is not often that 

 they are so plainly recorded and contrasted. 



Usually there is a time in the day when fish will 

 not rise at all, and there is another when almost every 

 fish hooked manages to effect his escape. The same 

 curious discrepancy occurs in the detailed account of 

 Mr. Naylor's ten hours' fishing in the Grimersta, when 

 the number caught in an hour varied from ten to two. 

 There was no record kept of the fish lost on that 

 occasion, but I am told that there was the same 

 example of a series offish escaping at one particular 

 period of time. It will be observed that if one 

 sportsman had had the boat to himself, he would in 

 all probability have got nearly the same number of 

 fish. 



Tay salmon are fine fellows, but there are always 

 a few grilse caught in that river to reduce the average 

 weight. I know of no river where the general run of 

 the fish caught is larger than in the Cascapedia River 

 in Canada, part of which is fished by the Governor- 

 General. I am indebted to the Marquis of Lans- 

 downe for access to his fishing register for the four 



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years ending 1887, which records a total calculated 

 to stir up feelings of envy in the breasts of less 

 fortunate fishermen. 



In i 884, between June 14 and August 5 inclusive, 



