96 THE SALMON RIVERS OF SCOTLAND 



At Dupplin the hatchery of the Tay District Board is situated. 

 It is not of great size, but is compact, and supplied with excellent 

 water. The number of ova laid down has varied from about 130,000 

 to 530,000, and the practice has been to rear a certain percentage of 

 the fry at Stormontfield above Perth. The Board have now, how- 

 ever, abandoned all hatching, in the belief, I understand, that the 

 number of fry hatched in a district such as the Tay was quite in- 

 appreciable, a view with which, I may say, I entirely agree. 



