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sea from whence they came, because they are 

 sometimes caught in the sea, but are never caught 

 in the rivers after they disappear in August. Early 

 in the ensuing year, even in January, February, 

 March, April, and May, another fish makes its ap- 

 pearance in the fresh waters exactly similar to the 

 former, varying not in the slightest degree inter- 

 nally or externally, being from one to two, three, 

 and four pounds' weight, according to the season 

 of the year in which it happens to be caught. 

 Here we are to calculate upon the increased size 

 of the fish, and observe how it is proportioned 

 to the interval of time, namely, from August 

 to January, because a material inference is de- 

 ducible from this fact. These, too, like the for- 

 mer, have a great variety of provincial appella- 

 tions, such as truff, rouges, sea-trout, and the like, 

 but I find that the general name, according to 

 scientific writers, is salmo trutta. As the sum- 

 mer advances this fish begins to disappear ; though 

 some still come up and down with the flow of the 

 tide so late as June and July, and are frequently 

 taken with natural and artificial bait, (passing over 

 the full-sized or breeding salmon, which now begin 

 to make their appearance, and attending only to 

 the fish, as we imagine, in a state of growth.) In the 

 early part of the ensuing year straggling young 

 fish of different sizes, from five to six, seven, and 

 ten pounds come into the rivers fresh and good, 

 with the sea lice on them ; this so rarely hap- 

 pens, that though a new fish of this description 



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