The Salmon 



29 



Date of 

 Capture. 



Feb. 18 



19 

 21 



,, 



March 6 

 8 



12 

 „ 15 

 „ 16 

 „ 29 



Weight 

 in lbs. 



7| 

 lo-i 



H 



9i 

 9| 



These thirty fish weighed in all 292I lbs. The above are the dates 

 of the first return of these fish from the sea ; and they solved a great 

 mystery, for it was not known what they came from or whether they 

 had yet spawned. I have taken several photographs of these wired 

 fish, which will be reproduced as illustrations. 



A little over a month elapsed before we found another wired fish 

 (Fig. 26). The dates and weights are as follows : — 



The net-fishing closed on 20th August. Another fish was caught by 

 the rod on 20th September, weighing 15 lbs., and one 16 lbs. was 

 caught while we were fishing for ova. These twenty-seven fish 

 weighed 449 lbs. 



This third run of fish solved even a greater mystery than the 

 small spring fish, for no one believed that these two runs offish were 

 of the same age, or that there was one run distinct from another ; 

 neither was it thought that it was their first run from the sea. These 



