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about the middle of August, for the purpose of allow- 

 ing the fish a clear chance of getting up, in good 

 time, to the spawning-beds. 



" The above speculation turned out most advanta- 

 geously. There was a great number of small trout 

 seen and caught all along the coast, not unlike the 

 salmon, and weighing from one to two pounds each. 

 These were supposed to be the fry, at the second 

 stage, when they leave the river and return as grilse, 

 and on their next leaving the rivers, they return as 

 salmon. The grilse were sometimes caught as much 

 as sixteen pounds in weight, and the average ex- 

 ceeded eight pounds." 



