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afterwards. No sportsman should ever be guilty of 

 ill-treating spent fish, and my remarks are intended 

 only for those who thoughtlessly, and not with 

 wanton cruelty, are in the habit of so doing. It is 

 my belief that spent fish which meet with even the 

 more considerate treatment seldom recover, whilst 

 the gaffed ones incur a certain and lingering death. 

 The use of the gaff, therefore, should be prohibited 

 until the spent fish have left the river. 



AGE AND GROWTH OF SALMON, 



These questions are so mixed up with one another, 

 that in the following remarks I make no apology for 

 treating them as one. 



If I may refer to "Salmon Problems" again, 

 Mr. Bund wants to know " What is the age of a 

 40 lb. salmon?" The question is certainly one 

 which it is impossible to answer satisfactorily. 



If a salmon of 40 lbs. weight were caught and 



