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" ' 186S. January 5. Saw a few spawning-beds in 

 Owenmore, 



" ' January 9. In River Arrow and tributaries found 

 twenty-nine salmon redds. 



" ' February 14. Walked the Kilmorgan Eiver (a tribu- 

 tary to the Arrow), and counted twenty-one redds.' 



" In the early part of this year, 1858, we seldom fished. 

 In the month of February we took five fish ; in March 

 three ; in April two ; in May tea ; in June thirty-nine. 

 We did not, in fact, begin to fish regularly till the 1st 

 July. During this month we took 868 salmon, and up to 

 the 20th August (the close of our season) 530 more — the 

 year's take averaging very little more than 4 lbs. each. 

 Mr. Culbertson's notes on this year are : ' Spring-fish 

 showing in February. One of 9 lbs., taken in the net, w.as 

 a fry marked by Brown in 1856. In March got another 

 about the same weightt Only a few fish through this 

 month. Fry coming down in April, and more plentifully 

 in May : but I do not think so many in the river as last 

 year. On 13th May saw nearly one hundred jumps from 

 six to eight o'clock in the evening ; they were from 8 lbs. 

 to 121bs. weight. On 9th June was first grilse at lower 

 fall J about the end of the month they were very plentiful. 

 Among the fish taken by the nets on 6th July, seven were 

 fry marked by me last year, and they weighed 6|lbs. to 

 6 lbs. each.' 



" Since the end of the close-season, many reports have 

 been sent me relative to the numbers running up. From 

 my inspector's book I take the following : ' Aug. 28. At 

 Ballisodare numbers of salmon in every part of the river 



