CONTENTS: 
CHAPTER I. 
Importance of the Salmon Fisheries—Former abundance of 
Salmon—Salmon in the Thames—Present value of the 
British Salmon Fisheries—a Salmon River under natural 
conditions—Abundance of Salmon in American Rivers. . 
CHAPTER. LL. 
Fecundity of the Salmon—Its Life History —Ege—Parr—Smolt 
—Grilse—Salmon—Its Enemies—Kelts—Salmon dying after 
spawning—Alleged curious fateof Salmon in Rivers of North- 
West America . ; : : ° . : é . 
GARTERS Ti. 
‘Power of Man over the Fisheries—Tinning Salmon on the 
Columbia River—Migrations of the Salmon—Fixed Engines 
—Their Prohibition by Magna Charta—Stake Nets in Scot- 
land—Movable Nets—Their Regulation—Mesh of Nets— 
Close Seasons—Salmon Spearing—Destruction of Fry. 
CHAPTER DV. 
‘Other Causes of the Deterioration of the Salmon Fisheries—Dams 
and Pollutions—Navigation originally opposed to Weirs—In- 
troduction of Pound Locks—Canals—Pollutions—Value of 
Mining and Manufacturing Industries contrasted with Salmon 
Fisheries—Evil of Weirs—Examples of the advantages of their 
Removal . 
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