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SO as to bring the embouchure of the ladder close to the 

 foot of the falls. A few pairs of fish had always been in 

 the habit of entering the river and running up to the 

 lower falls, and the plan adopted to stock the river was 

 that of catching the fish and placing them in the river 

 above the falls, so that they might spawn in the river. 

 After sundry failures, the ladders being completed and 

 several fish being put up above the falls, and some 

 fecundated ova deposited in the river, a large quantity 

 of salmon-fry was observed to be in the river. These, 

 at the usual time, became smolts and disappeared. This 

 was about April, 1857. On June 26th the first grilse 

 was observed at the fall ; by July they were plentiful, 

 and so continued till the end of the season. The river 

 was not fished in 1857. 



I had much more and interesting particulars from 

 Mr. Cooper in reference to this fishery, but cannot find 

 space for it here. The account was fully given in the 

 Field in December, 1858, and from that paper I extract 

 the following table, showing how completely the experi- 

 m,ent succeeded. The table was kept by an agent whom 

 Mr. Cooper appointed : — 



" ' 1857. August 24. Saw several salmon in the hole 

 under the fall of Collooney. 



" ' September 24. The river between Ballisodare and 

 Collooney is now well stocked, salmon being visible in 

 almost every deep hole, and a number being congregated 

 between Collooney Bridge and the hole under the fall. 



" ' October 3. A flood being in the Owenmore, I shut 

 the water off the Collooney ladder to see if there were any 



