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No. 7.—Wreck Spruit, 19th September, 1915. 


if 

Kind. 
Stumpnose 
| Springer 
Mullet 
yy 
Steenbras 
Electric Fish .. 
Length. 
11-8 in. 
19g 1n. 
17 in. 
16-11} in. 
14 in. 
I4-10in... 
38 in. 
33 in. 
15-9 in. 
164 in. 
16 in. 
124in. 
12-11} in. 
TOin. 


Weight. 
14 lbs.—7}0z. 
2 libs: 
1? 1b.—11 oz. 

Prawns and weed in stomach ; 
no Ova. 
Cast back alive into the river. 
Ova undeveloped. 
” 
Prawns in stomach; ova un- 
developed. 
>) ” 
Prawns in stomach; no ova. 
Cast back alive into the river. 
Prawns in stomach ; no ova. 
9) x”) 
) ” 
” ” 
Cast back alive into the river. 
Young Mullet and Springer in 
the stomach; ova. unde- 
veloped. 
Young Mullet in the stomachs ; 
ova undeveloped. 

(The stomachs of all the Steenbras examined were full of Prawns. 
7 a.m., showing they are night feeders. 
This was at 
All the fish caught were fat.) 
No. 8.—Perseverance, just below the drift, 4th October, 1915. 

| 
6 

Stumpnose 
Springers 
”» 
; | Mullet 
Steenbras 
Kabeljauw 
| Baggers 
Tigerfish 
| Elft 
Leerfish 
| Moonfish 

g—6 in. 
220m 
214in. 
I3-IIin.. 
15—-10$ in. 
26-124 in. 
22K. 
17-161n... 
TOin. 
I3—10iN. .. 
I5-10in... 
33-3 in. 

T—#ilb. | ies 
3 lb.—104 oz. 
1 
10o-I} lb... 
4 lb.—8 oz. 
24-2 lbs. 
3 
2-1} oz. 
Vegetable matter and water 
fleas in their stomachs. 
Nothing in the stomachs. 
”) >) 
Average length, 12 in.; ova 
undeveloped. 
Prawns and Shrimps in the 
stomachs. 
The mouths of all were full of 
ripe eggs, an average number 
of from 30 to 36 eggs being in 
each. Many fish had eggs in 
their stomachs which were 
probably swallowed after the 
fish had been taken from the 
water. The eggs were bright 
yellow, and the size of a pea. 
Nothing in the stomach. 
Small Stumpnose in _ the 
stomachs. 
Small Mullet and Springers in 
the stomachs. One of Io in. 
had a Mullet of 7 in. in its 
stomach. 
Nothing in the stomachs. 
I 
(Nets were set at 1 a.m. and drawn at 8 a.m.) 
