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The figures within brackets are the numbers 

 of grilse killed. They do not altogether re- 

 present the strength of the run, as the extent 

 to which grilse have been fished for has varied 

 in different seasons. For example, in this 

 year, 1903, grilse have been in great abund- 

 ance, and it would have been, I think, easy 

 to rival the records of 1898 and 1899. It 

 is probable that in the poor years the propor- 

 tion of grilse killed to grilse running has been 

 larger than in the prolific years. 



It will be remarked that the great grilse 

 runs of 1898 and 1899 were followed by great 

 captures of "gillings" in 1899 and 1900; and 

 that the scarcity of grilse in 1900 preceded a 

 great fall in the number of "gillings" in 1901. 

 The other figures point, less markedly, in the 

 same direction. It will be particularly in- 

 teresting to observe in 1904 whether, after the 

 present good grilse season, the " gillings " again 

 approach the high-water mark of 1899. 



As regards fish of 13 Ib. and upwards, there 

 has been comparatively slight variation in the 

 numbers killed from year to year. They be- 

 long, as I believe, for the most part to an 

 older generation, and are affected as such by 



