5 0 Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. [sess. 
I may remark, in passing, that from 21st Jan. to 9th Feb., a 
period of nineteen days, no fish were observed in Talla Water, 
and that during this time the water was in its normal condition, 
but that during eight days of the time the margins of the stream 
were covered by ice and snow. 
Deducting the 47 days, therefore, we have 58 days out of the 
105 during which fish were noticed in the river. 
The total number of fish recorded is 320, there being 172 salmon 
and 148 sea trout. 
The following table gives the detailed record ; all days on which 
no fish were recorded being omitted : — 
Talla Water Spawning Season, 1896-97. 
Date. 
No. of Fish. 
State of 
Water. 
Daily- 
Totals 
of 
Fish. 
Date. 
No. of Fish. 
State of 
Water. 
Daily- 
Totals 
of 
Fish. 
Salmon. 
Sea 
Trout. 
Salmon. 
Sea 
Trout. 
Nov. 4 
1 
Normal 
1 
Dec. 14 
1 
2 
Normal 
3 
„ 7 
1 
9 9 
1 
„ 15 
1 
6 
99 
7 
„ 10 
2 
9 9 
2 
„ 16 
3 
5 
99 
8 
i, 13 
1 
4 -Flood 
1 
„ 17 
4 
3 
9) 
7 
„ 14 
3 
3 
„ 18 
1 
3 
9 9 
4 
9 1 15 
4 
4- Flood 
4 
„ 19 
3 
2 
99 
5 
„ 16 
4 
”i 
9 > 
5 
„ 20 
1 
>9 
1 
„ 17 
i 
Normal 
1 
„ 23 
1 
”i 
Full fl’d 
2 
„ 18 
*3 
) 9 
3 
„ 24 
i 
1 
„ 19 
"l 
99 
1 
„ 28 
14 
2 
4-Flood 
16 
„ 20 
*2 
... 
9 9 
2 
„ 29 
7 
1 
|-Flood 
8 
„ 21 
4 
l 
9 9 
5 
Jan. 1 
7 
• • • 
4-Flood 
7 
„ 22 
4 
2 
99 
6 
„ 2 
14 
1 
Normal 
15 
,, 23 
1 
9 9 
1 
9 9 3 
7 
4-Flood 
7 
„ 24 
"i 
2 
3 
„ 5 
7 
*i 
8 
„ 25 
i 
1 
9 ) 
2 
9 , 6 
9 
2 
4-Flood 
11 
„ 26 
3 
9 9 
3 
9 9 8 
15 
15 
„ 27 
3 
3 
,9 9 
6 
Normal 
6 
„ 28 
3 
99 
3 
„ 10 
6 
99 
6 
„ 29 
1 
99 
1 
„ 11 
1 
*1 
99 
2 
Dec. 1 
4 
9 9 
4 
„ 12 
2 
1 
>9 
3 
99 3 
1 
9 9 
1 
,, 13 
2 
) 9 
2 
„ 6 
2 
6 
1-Flood 
8 
„ 14 
2 
99 
2 
„ 7 
3 
99 
3 
9 9 17 
1 
99 
1 
„ 8 
”i 
16 
9 9 
Normal 
20 
„ 18 
1 
9 9 
1 
„ 9 
5 
21 
26 
„ 20 
1 
4-Fl’ood 
1 
„ 10 
3 
22 
99 
25 
Feb. 10 
3 
3 
„ 12 
4 
10 
1-Flood 
14 
9 , 14 
1 
4-Flood 
1 
„ 13 
1 
13 
4- Flood 
14 
„ 16 
1 
1 
Salmon, 172 ; Sea trout, 148 ; a total of 320 fish. 
