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wounds across tlieir backs and sides as a 

 fishmonger inflicts in crimping them. The 

 female has not the perils of war to encounter. 

 In the water these wounds look white, and 

 cause the fish to be distino-uished at a o-reat 



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distance. I have frequently discovered a 

 salmon ridd by no other sign than seeing a 

 strip of white, apparently about the length 

 and breadth of two fingers, waving in the 

 stream at right angles to the current. This 

 indicates the wounded warrior, tending his 

 mate, or reposing upon his laurels.^' 



Again, Peter of the Pools writes : " I 

 observe what Mr. Walsh says as to the 

 reason of so many male fish being found 

 dead, and he accounts pretty well for it. 

 Our artificially-spawned fish run no such 

 risks, as the males do not hunt each other. 



