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duce 20,000,000 ova." This requires correction, by 

 cutting off the three last ciphers, and making the 

 number 20,000 instead of 20,000,000. Twenty 

 millions of the ova of a salmon ready to spawn 

 would weigh about four hundred pounds. The 

 number of ova in salmon is, according to the size 

 of the fish, from fifteen to twenty-five thousand. 



