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received the sanction of Mr Ffennell, one of the 

 commissioners on the Irish fisheries. Mr Ash- 

 worth and his brother are the proprietors of 

 the Galway fisheries, which, with the districts 

 of Lochs Mask and Carra, comprise an area 

 of 30 miles long by 10 wide, and which re- 

 ceive the waters of some of the finest tributaries 

 for the purposes of propagation. Mr Ashworth's 

 experiments in artificial propagation in that quar- 

 ter of Ireland are too well known to need re- 

 petition; and we are glad to learn that he is 

 still carrying on his experiments, as, this season, 

 he has deposited at the least 659,000 salmon 

 ova in the tributary streams of Lochs Mask 

 and Carra, where salmon ova were never seen 

 before, although both these lochs are connected 

 with Loch Corrib, which abounds with salmon 

 a natural barrier of rocks preventing the 

 ascent of the fish. This barrier Mr Ashworth 

 is about to remove, as not a single fish has been 

 observed to pass up; we have no doubt, however, 

 but that the smoults reared in the upper tribu- 

 taries will seek their way back to their native 

 stream, and in a few years stock these lochs and 

 rivers with this fine fish. We shall be glad to 

 hear of the success of this experiment, which will 



