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  QUERIES. 
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  years 
  past, 
  perhaps 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  continued 
  lowness 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  

   and 
  some 
  anglers 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  mentioned 
  it 
  even 
  scouted 
  the 
  idea 
  

   of 
  this 
  ' 
  ; 
  king 
  of 
  fresh-water 
  fish 
  " 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  situation 
  ; 
  

   but 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  I 
  remember 
  hearing 
  some 
  workmen 
  relate 
  how 
  

   they 
  found 
  a 
  large 
  Salmon 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  pools 
  of 
  a 
  brook 
  that 
  was 
  fast 
  

   drying 
  up, 
  and, 
  being 
  at 
  a 
  loss 
  to 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  capture 
  it, 
  they 
  bor- 
  

   rowed 
  a 
  hay-fork 
  from 
  tbe 
  neighbouring 
  farm, 
  and 
  thus 
  secured 
  tbe 
  

   prize. 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  heard 
  the 
  assertion 
  tbat 
  Salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Avon 
  

   invariably 
  fetches 
  a 
  higher 
  price, 
  if 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  market, 
  than 
  fish 
  from 
  

   other 
  localities, 
  but, 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  case, 
  I 
  know 
  not 
  the 
  reason 
  why. 
  — 
  

   G. 
  B. 
  Corbin 
  (Eingwood). 
  

  

  [Frank 
  Buckland. 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Brit. 
  Fishes,' 
  records 
  the 
  cap- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  a 
  Salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Avon 
  at 
  Christchurch, 
  which 
  weighed 
  53 
  lb., 
  

   and 
  measured 
  4 
  ft. 
  4i 
  in. 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  2^ 
  ft. 
  in 
  girth. 
  He 
  adds 
  : 
  "Mr. 
  

   Tucker, 
  of 
  Christchurch, 
  tells 
  me 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  any 
  Christ- 
  

   church 
  Salmon 
  hitherto 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  over 
  47 
  lb." 
  This 
  fish 
  was 
  

   taken 
  on 
  April 
  2nd, 
  1880."— 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  