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branches of trees that waved over the waterfalls, 

 and pick out the eyes of several at a time, before 

 they flew back to their resting place. Jewett's 

 travels confirm his statement. 



To those who are not particularly conversant 

 with the natural history of the northwest coast, as 

 given us by veritable travellers, the foregoing ac- 

 count may appear overcharged, but it is substanti- 

 ated by all the voyagers who have remained 

 there any length of time. 



The salmon is found on the coasts of Europe, 

 from Spitzbergen, quite to Western France, says 

 a writer in the Conversations Lexicon, but is nev- 

 er seen in the Mediterranean. On the western 

 shores of the Atlantic, it is found from Greenland 

 to the Hudson, but is exceedingly rare in the lat- 

 ter river, and never penetrates farther south. 



They also abound in Eastern Asia, where, as 

 well as in the United States, they grow to the 

 weight of ten or fifteen pounds, and often four 

 feet in length, in the clear, cold rivers of the 

 north. 



As the ice melts away in the spring, they rush 

 to the rivers, from the ocean, and it is an undenia- 

 ble fact, confirmed by successful experiments, that 

 they visit as far as possible, the very streams in 

 which they were born. Usually, when undisturb- 

 ed, they swim slowly in immense bodies, near the 



