GROWTH AXD MATURITY OF SALMON IN THE OCEAN 
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the interpretation of tlie data in tlie case of the 4-year fish with ocean nuclei are 
entirely lacking here. Two distinct distributions are clearly shown. In one the 
eggs are small, the average log D being in every case less than 0.20, and the increase 
in size observed as the season advances is verv slight. It has alreadv been shown 
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in Table 1 that the factor^ ^'^^ group contained in several 
of the larger and typical collections, is close to 2, which is characteristic of other 
groups of undoubtedly immature fish. 
