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C N T E jN T S. 



CHArTEB I. 



VALUE OF THE SALMON. 

 Property — Employment — Food — Sport, ..... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SALMON. 



The Parr — Period of Emigration — Period of Immigration — 

 What's a Grilse? — Natural Waste of Salmon Life — What are 

 " Spring Salmon ?"—" Fish of the Salmon kind," . . 31 



CHAPTER III. 



DECAY OF SALMON. 



Amount of the Decay — Periods — Causes, . . . .88 



CHAPTER IV. 



SALMON LEGISLATION. 



Principles of all Salmon Legislation — Ancient Legislation — Its 

 Curiosities — Suspension of Legislation — Renewal upon the Old 

 Principles — Difference between Agricultural and Fishery Pro- 

 perty — The Duke of Roxburghe — Upper and Lower Proprie- 

 tors — Harmlessness of Angling — The Tweed Acts of 1857 



