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three local newts in Mid-Wharfedale, it is the commonest in the 
Ilkley neighbourhood, where it abounds in the Upper Tarn, and 
can be found in many pools on the hill-sides. 
Freshwater Fish.— Mr. Grabham notes that the Flamborough 
net:-men have had a poor season with Salmon, but in August 
there was a fair run of Sea Trout ; alsothat inland, on the Ouse 
at Acaster Malbis, near York, the Salmon-netters have had a 
very fair season, but that the Smelts were a complete failure, 
very few being taken. 
Mr. Riley Fortune reports that the long spell of wet weather 
at the end of 1909 and beginning of Ig10 caused a big run of 
Salmon, Sea Trout and Bull Trout into the River Esk and its 
tributaries, and fish were to be seen spawning in many parts of 
the river. On the 5th of April, during a slight flood, large numbers 
of fish descended the river, three hundred being counted in one 
place in about an hour, of weights varying from 14 to 73 lbs. 
On the 26th of July a fair number of Salmon and Sea Trout 
passed up the river. On the 12th of October hundreds of Salmon 
and Sea Trout passed the weirs at Ruswarp, many heavy fish 
being seen; and at the end of the same month there was again a 
heavy run of fish. The Esk Conservators reported that in 1909 
the fish caught weighed 15 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 19 lbs., the heaviest 
being one of 252 lbs. 
“At Filey, Salmon w ere scarce up to the 23rd of July, but more 
plentiful after. 
In the Lune, part of the tributaries of which are in Yorkshire, 
disease was very bad in the spring months, but there was later a 
good run of clean fish. 
More fish than usual have been seen in the Ure and the 
Wharte, several being as far up the latter as the mouth of the 
Washburn, one of which was estimated to weigh over 20 lbs. 
A very good year was experienced on the Tees, and the 
number of Salmon taken exceeded that of the previous season 
by 3130, and of Sea Trout by 237; the total number taken in 
the de bes of Salmon, 9732, weighing 95,942 lbs., of Sea 
Trout, 3394, weighing 13,763 Ibs. ; the heaviest fish weighed 
383 Ibs. By rod and line, 467 Salmon were taken, averaging 
8: 62 lbs. in weight, an increase on the previous season, both as 
regards number and weight. 
Mr. Fortune also notes that Char (Salmo salvelinus) have 
been introduced into the Hewenden Reservoir by Mr. G. Wadding- 
ton. The area of this reservoir is 14 acres, with a maximum 
depth of 37 feet, and as it is situated at an altitude of 687 feet 
above sea-level, it should prove quite a suitable habitat for the 
species. Hewenden Reservoir is six miles west of Bradford, and has 
a holding capacity of seventy million gallons. A couple of 
hundred of the Char, 2} inches long, were placed in the reservoir 
in February 1910, by Mr. Wadding ston, and in the latter half of 
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