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Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh . [sess. 
Table II. — Showing Percentage and Total Amounts of Solids in 
Muscles and Ovaries in Female Fish from Estuaries. 
No. 
Muscles. 
Per Cent. 
Total per 
S. F. 
Ovaries. 
PerCent. 
Total per 
S. F. ! 
Thick. ; 
Thin. 
February. 
2 
30-6 
35-0 
1850 
27-6 
20 
3 
27-7 
31*3 
2443 
31T 
36 
4 
34-4 
39’0 
2349 
28*0 
16 
Average, 
2214 
24 
March. 
5 
32-2 
36-6 
2010 
31-4 
28 
7 
32-4 
38-0 
2372 
27-9 
23 
8 
35*9 
36-6 
2471 
24-2 
15 
10 
31-6 
34-4 
1843 
31-0 
22 
35 
34 0 
36-6 
2568 
32*0 
31 
Average, 
2355 
24 
April. 
11 
32*3 
39-4 
2542 
327 
49 
12 
32-3 
35-7 
2657 
31-6 
32 
13 
32*8 
38*0 
2456 
307 
25 
14 
35*5 
37-8 
2741 
30-5 
28 
Average, 
2599 
33 
If the results of these investigations on the solids of salmon 
leaving the sea during February, March, and April, are compared 
with the results previously obtained during the other months of 
the year, the following table may be constructed. 
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