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where liberated. One, indeed, went to Girvan, in the 

 Clyde: this was initially the largest of those recovered; 



and one went to the Sol way, and conversely this initially 

 was the smallest of those recovered. 



Station VII I. — 2\ Miles W. f r o in L i v e r p o o 1 

 Bar Lightship. 



Here again we meet with consistent results. Of the 

 fish set free on this Station lb' went inshore, and in the 

 main in a Northerly direction towards the bays and 

 estuaries. Most of these were caught in the Ribble and 

 in Morecambe Bay within the first 12 weeks. After this 

 interval two were found in offshore waters and two far to 

 the South in Cardigan Bay, while one had crossed the 

 " head of the tide " and was recaptured off Workington 

 in the Cumberland Sea Fishery District. 



Station I X. — 1 Miles W. from Carnarvon 

 Bar Buoy. 



Again we are comforted by finding that the results 

 of the experiment are uniform. Of 50 plaice liberated in 

 Carnarvon Bay 12 were found. Nine of these went South 

 and eight were caught in Tremadoc and Cardigan Bays. 

 One at least left the district and was caught in St. Bride's 

 Bay, in the Milford Haven Fishery District, 20 weeks 

 after liberation. The single inevitable exception to this 

 general Southerly migration was observed by a fish which 

 found its way into Liverpool Bay (probably through the 

 Menai Straits) and was caught in a stake net on Wallasey 

 shore. It is remarkable that so many fish from this and 

 other experiments should have rounded the rocky, 

 precipitous coast of the Carnarvon Peninsula. 



Station X. Morecambe Bay Lightship. 



This also was a very remarkable experiment. At the 



time when it was made I was busy at Piel conducting the 



