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are choked up with weeds down to the mouth, 

 and therefore there was no chance for observation 

 in the summer months. , If grilse frequented the 

 Avon, they would be seen on the spawning beds ; 

 but in all probability they are unable to make 

 head-way amongst the weeds, and therefore give 

 it up as a bad job. There are, however, few weeds 

 in the Devon and Cornish rivers ; in fact there is 

 nothing to prevent the fish from running just 

 as high as they please when the water is not too 

 low. 



Again, the Ogmore is a river in Glamorganshire, 

 flowing into the British Channel. Formerly, before 

 its waters were polluted by mine water, gravid 

 salmon ran up this river during the late autumn 

 months, in considerable numbers, but never earlier, 

 and smelts went to sea in vast numbers at the 

 usual season of the year, I lived on the banks of 

 the Ogmore during my younger angling days, and 

 I can state from personal observations that grilse 

 were unknown in the Ogmore, and that it was 



