122 MALACOP. ABDOM. SALMON FAMILY 



as his noblest game ; but must refer to the numer- 

 ous well-known and excellent works specially de- 

 voted to these respective subjects. All the principal 

 rivers in Scotland produce Salmon, many of them, 

 especially in the north, in very great abundance. 

 Such may likewise be said to be the case with all 

 the great rivers of other parts of the United King- 

 dom ; but in some of these they are comparatively 

 rare, particularly in England, where the muddy, 

 languid, canal-like waters are but seldom adapted 

 to their habits. An individual is at rare intervals 

 captured in the Thames, and it is prized in propor- 

 tion to its rarity. The Tweed has been long cele- 

 brated as the resort of Salmon ; it still yields many ; 

 but rod-fishing, which was at one time so excellent 

 in that river, has become comparatively profitless, 

 and may almost be said to be reduced to a few days 

 in spring and autumn. 



The Salmon does not occur in the Mediterranean, 

 nor consequently in any of the rivers flowing into 

 that sea from the north ; but it ascends the Rhine, 

 Elbe, Loire, and other great rivers which discharge 

 their waters into more northern seas. 



It is said also to inhabit North America, but 

 specimens from that quarter show some marks of 

 difference, and it remains yet to be determined 

 whether these may not prove of specific value. 



Parr. After the elaborate investigations of Mr. 

 Shaw, on the growth and development of Salmon 

 fry, there can be no longer any doubt that the fish 

 so called is one of the states of the Salmon. 



