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The Salmon 



1909, when it was caught. It will thus be 6^ years old. The photo- 

 graph shows the spots near to the gill-cover, which is a certain sign 







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Fig. 43.- Scale of 26;,-lb. .Salmon Fig. 42 . Marked as a SmoU May 1905. Caught 5lh July 1909. 



ot the fish having spawned. This is the most important marked fish 

 we have got, more than a year having elapsed since the last of the 

 same marking was captured. It was got in March of the previous 



