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THE COMMON SALMON. 



When the Salmon have arrived at a proper place for spawning in, 

 the male and female unite in forming, in the sand or gravel, a proper 

 receptacle for their ova, about eighteen inches deep: this they are 

 also supposed afterwards to cover up. In this hole the ova lie until 

 the ensuing sprinii^, (if not displaced by the floods,) before ihey are 

 hatched. The j^arents, however, immediately after their spawaiog. 

 %nd extremely emaciated, hasten to the salt water. 



OOLKRUXIS SALMOW HAP OK THt SAN. — ASOLIKe FOR SALMON. 



When Salmon ^nter the fresh waters, they are always more or less 

 infested with a kind of insect called the Salmon-louse ; and when these 

 are numerous, the fish are esteemed in high season. Soon after the 

 Salmon have left the sea. the insects die and drop off. 



Salmon become lean after the spawning-time, but they soon acquire 

 their ])roper bulk when they return to the sea. Their food consists 

 of the smaller fishes, insects, and worms ; for all these are used with 

 fluccess as baits, by the anglers for Salmon. 



