The Salmon 



Its length was 4 leet 5 inches, its girth 2 feet 7 inches, and its weiglit 

 71 lbs. iMr. Frank Buckland had a cast made of this fish and painted by 

 Rolte. It is now in the Buckland Museum, South Kensington, labelled 

 70 lbs., having evidently lost i lb. by the time it reached London, as 

 I distinctly remember seeing it in Mr. Speedie's window in Perth, 



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loth Aiiijiiit 1907. First return from the sea. 



labelled 71 lbs. I was fortunate in procuring the negative of this fish, 

 and have pleasure in reproducing it (Fig. 96). Fish between 50 and 

 60 lbs. in weight are often caught in the nets on the Tay, while a few 

 between 60 and 65 lbs. are sometimes captured ; but beyond this weight 

 fish are rare. I have noticed in our tish-house as many as forty fish over 

 40 lbs. in weight, all caught in one day with the nets. In smaller rivers, 



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