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and ranging from 51b. to 231b. In 1881 the total was 

 190. In 1882 the total was 124, averaging lOJlb. 

 each, and 613 smaller trout, weighing 6971b., and 

 four grayling, and nineteen other fish, weighing 191b. 

 In 1883 twenty-seven lokhi were caught, weighing 

 277ilb.; 268 trout, weighing 3481b. ; twenty gray- 

 ling of 18 Jib. ; and one perch of lib. In 1884, 

 eighty-two lokhi, weighing 10811b., of which 3391b. 

 were taken in three days ; 420 smaller trout, weigh- 

 ing 3571b. ; and sixty grayling, weighing 731b. In 

 1885, forty lokhi, weighing 471 lb. ; 587 smaller 

 trout of 6691b. ; and forty-seven grayling, of 301b. 

 In 1886 forty-nine lokhi, weighing 5471b. ; 353 

 smaller trout, weighing 4011b. ; twenty- two grayling 

 weighing 171b. ; and twenty other fish, weighing 

 lOlb. 



The falling off of the fishing since 1876 was due 

 to Gen. A. building his house close alongside the 

 pool, blasting rocks, and towing beams. Once again 

 it seems to be recovering its former quality. 



It was under the auspices of Mr. Murphy, who has 

 perhaps caught more of these leviathan trout than 

 any one else, and who was one of the founders of the 

 club, that we arrived at Haraka in a small steamer 

 from Willmanstrand, or, more strictly speaking, at 

 Vuoksenniska, one evening to try our luck in this 

 wonderful fishing-place, so wisely secured to them- 

 selves by the Englishmen and Scotchmen of St. Peters- 

 burg, including our august ambassador. Mr. Murphy 

 had already arrived the evening before, and had soon 



