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fish passing up, and fouud seven salmon and one white 

 trout in the pond. Of these seven, five were males. 



" * October 13. Examined Collooney ladder, and re- 

 ported to Mr. Leech that there were salmon in it. 

 Twenty-seven salmon were found in it, the great majority 

 of them being females. 



" ' October 15. Lowered the sluice of Collooney ladder 

 again, but got no fish. 



" ' October 28. Again examined the ladder, and got 

 three male fish, 



" ' October 30. Four male and two female fish taken 

 out of ladder and put up. 



" ' November 3. Sixteen male and eight female. 



" ' November 4. There were ten fish in the ladder, 

 which were not removed, as Mr. Leech was not present. 



" ' November 5. Nine fish, not removed, 



" ' November 6. Seven ditto, ditto. 



" ' November 7. Eleven ditto, ditto. I went to Balliso- 

 dare on this day, and saw several large fish leaping at the 

 upper ladder. 



" ' November 9. We put up from the ladder twenty- 

 four male and fifteen female fish. 



" ' November 23. Lowered the sluice again ; twenty- 

 five male and twenty female fish found in the pond. 

 A few of these were large fish, say 14 lbs. or 15 lbs. 

 weight. 



" ' November 30. The fish are now beginning to spawn 

 in great numbers in the Owenbeg River. 



" * December 3, Thirty-six male and forty-five female 

 fish found in the ladder. 



