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quarter of a mile distant from the spot I took him 

 at), and turned him in it, having been first con- 

 spicuously marked by a cut in his back fin, About 

 three weeks after, another Philistine came across 

 him ; and this identical fish was caught by a gen- 

 tleman trolling with a similar bait, and in the very 

 same hole where I had before hooked him ! That 

 fish was fore-doomed to die of gluttony, — of over- 

 gorging! One would have imagined that the place 

 whereto it was carried, would have proved more 

 congenial; for there there was a good depth and flow 

 of water, and plenty of weed and shallow ; and it 

 seemed the very place for a trout to covet : but he 

 preferred his old haunt, and died in maintaining 

 his position! 



Herb, — How is it, then, with salmon — are they 

 promiscuous rovers ? 



Theoph. — Not exactly. It is assumed that they 

 come up rivers merely for the purpose of spawn- 

 ing ; but as they do not spawn till the months of 

 November and December, it is as yet inexplicable 

 why they came up so early as months previous, — 

 in the spring for instance: for, as I shall take 

 occasion to show you another time, they are sup- 

 posed not to leave a river they have once fairly 

 entered, until after the operation of spawning is 

 over; that is, in the early part of the following 

 year. 



Herb. — I think you hinted yesterday, that sal- 



