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The Salmon 





has a caretul record of the dates of capture and of the weights been 

 kept, but all the different classes of fish have been carefully noted 



down. When there was 

 any doubt about a fish 

 the scales were examined. 

 Few could have the oppor- 

 tunity of capturing or 

 marking the fish so well, 

 as we control the whole of 

 the river Tay, from Stanley 

 to the mouth, and also part 

 of the coast. The most of 

 the fish that are caught 

 on the Tay therefore pass 

 through our hands. It 

 was during the net-fishing 

 season, which opens on 

 the 5th of February and 

 closes on the 20th of 

 August, that we had the 

 best opportunity of catch- 

 ing them. Only two have 

 been caught with the rod. 

 The wires have thus served 

 their purpose quite well, 

 and, as was expected, have 

 grown up with the fin (Fig. 

 1 6) in many cases, and have 

 remained in it. Those 

 which were put in farther 

 forward have remained 

 farther down. The fol- 

 lowing are the dates of capture and the weights of marked fish 

 caught in 1906 : 



