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is put off until it is far too late. Fish, are seldom as a 

 rale in good condition after the middle or end of August. 

 The ova begins to become large, and the fish is not in good 

 order for the table. 



The other matters detrimental to salmon are mine and 

 mill refuse. These have been dealt with mildly in the 

 English Act, to which I refer the reader for regulations as 

 regards weirs and fry-killing, &c., which upon the whole 

 are reasonably good, save that netting should not be 

 allowed to be carried on in the immediate proximity of 

 fish-passes, or fish-passes will be rendered useless. 



