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is in the tenth. There is not a very wide fluctuation in the average weights, but some 

 decrease is shown from the first to the last period. The heaviest average was in the 

 second period, and the indications are of a decrease in number and average weight of 

 large fish. 



The following table and diagrams more clearly show the general trend for the 13 

 periods designated: 



Table 10. — Catches op Trout in 13 Periods of 6 Years Each, Overlapping 3 Years. 



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Pig. 19.— Numbers of trout recorded from Rangeley Lakes in 13-year-periods of 6 years each, overlapping 3 years. Broken line, 

 all trout, numbers in hundreds; solid line, 2 pounds and over, numbers in hundreds; dotted line, 8 pounds and over, 

 numbers in units. 



