The Salmon 



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lank, silvery kelts. As lar as my experience goes kelts do not increase 

 in weight during their sojourn in fresh water, although they certainly 

 become much stronger. Their silvery appearance, however, deceives 



. ■ - 6 years , 3 roontlas ^ -^ ' 



Si '-'■ " - V^ 



Fig. Sq. — 40 lbs. 26th June 1907. 



the eye, just as a burnished bar of silver appears much larger to the 

 eye than a tarnished bar of the same size. 



Large S.almon 



The largest salmon caught in British waters during the last thirty- 

 six years was caught in the nets on the Tay at Newburgh in 1872. 



