WYE SALMON AND OTHERS.
lie TEO EDITOR Or TH1 "Sr6CrATOO...1 Siu,—In your very interesting article on "Wye Salmon and Others" (Spectator, February 7th) you refer to the baffling problem " why some fish run up the river in January and some in September." The ordinary fisherman's answer would be that the fish comes into fresh water to get rid of the sea- nce, and being there, presumably stays to spawn before returning to the sea, In a fishery like that of Killarney Lakes, about fifteen miles distant from the sea, fresh-run fish are frequently seen covered with these lice, clustering especially about the gills, and these are supposed to cause great annoyance to the salmon, and to die after three or four days, or perhaps a week, in fresh water. Some salmon, we may assume, suffer more than others from the attacks of these insects, or, it may be, when attacked find themselves closer than others to their fresh-water "home," hence the difference in the date of their return.—I tun, Sir, Ate., St. James's Club, Piccadilly, W. ARTHUR S. HERBERT.
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