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experiment, and by comparing notes, we might also 

 obtain some further light as to the rate at which 

 fish travel. 



AUTUMN AND WINTER EMIGRATION 



OF SMOLTS. 



Mr. Bund, in his excellent work to which I 

 have alluded, gives us one unmistakable instance 

 of an autumn run of smolts, which took their 

 departure from the Severn in December, 1884. 

 Since reading the account, I have made constant 

 inquiries, and not long since was successful in ob- 

 taining some reliable information on the subject. 

 When fishing at Galway, in September, 1887, I met 

 with Nicholas Browne, who for the greater part of 

 his life has been in charge of the rod-fishing there. 

 In the course of conversation he informed me that 

 smolts made their way to the sea every winter from 



