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But however exciting a railway smash may be at the time, 

 especially in travelling at fifty miles an hour, as we were when 

 the Pullman left the rails just before the signals at Healy Station, 

 it shakes the nerves terribly afterwards. For many a month 

 after, when travelling at night, any rough bit of the road used to 

 wake me up if asleep. As the accident occurred on my way to 

 Craigend to complete the spawning, I have recounted it here. I 

 returned south almost immediately afterwards, and on December 

 2d I received a telegram that "the fish are all doing well." This 

 completes my notes to December 31st, 1876, and below is a state- 

 ment of stock to date. 



TABLE OF STOCK ON 1ST JANUARY 1877. 



100-feet Upper 5,000 S. levenensis Hatched 1876 



20 East 1,000 



20 Centre 1,000 



60 3,000 



20 Lower 1,000 Hybrids 



Octagon 180 



100 Lower 2,315 S. fario 



Dam, Craigend 98 



1875 

 1876 

 1875 

 1876 

 As;ed 



Total, . 13,593 



The stock remained as shown in the table till spring. 



