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other condi- Doubtless there are other conditions 



tions besides /? . v j i i 



those O* the water and atmosphere beyond 



enumerated. t no se enumerated in the queries ad- 

 dressed to those who have made such 

 generous response. As a case in point, 

 there is the possible influence of distant 

 earthquakes, as suggested by Mr. Sher- 

 ingham. Sir John Edwards-Moss also 

 refers to "an atmospheric peculiarity, 

 which you do not mention, that peculiar 

 blue haze, like London milk, which one 

 sometimes gets with a S.E. wind " ; and 

 he gives an instance in which, though 

 usually regarding this as a hopeless con- 

 dition for fishing, he once tried his luck 

 in it, and killed no fewer than six salmon 

 on a Silver Doctor on his beat on the 

 Naver. Yet another strange and hitherto 

 unexplained phenomenon, familiar to the 

 majority of fishermen, is referred to by 

 Colonel Davies - Cooke in the following 

 terms : 



" I have one more subject to touch on, 

 not mentioned in your letter, and that is 

 those most peculiar movements, nearly 



