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After July, grilses decrease in numbers till October, in proportion to the falling off of smolts from May to August.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

Thus a few descending March smolts give a few ascending May grilses; while our April and May swarms of smolts yield our hordes of grilse in June and July.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

Our return of grilses, too, exactly corresponds with this statement.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

Mr Young commenced marking grilses, with a view to ascertain that they became salmon, as far back as 1837, and has continued to do so ever since, though never two seasons with the same mark.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various