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to let the spring of it bear upon him, at the same 

 time giving him a little line, so as to defeat his sud 

 den effort, I should have lost my prize. I played him 

 round again to the same spot, when he began to swim 

 unsteadily, and occasionally turned on his side. I fixed 

 the spear of my rod in the ground, with my left hand on 

 the rod and the line, in case he should make another 

 rush, and with my right hand in the water, watched 

 for the opening of his gills, inserted my finger, and 

 leaving my rod standing, ran with my prize up into the 

 meadow, where I killed him. He was the most game 

 fish I had ever handled, and when I arrived at home, 

 I found he weighed nine pounds and a quarter. 



Mr. Shaw, of Dumfrieshire, in a communication to 

 the "Edinburgh Journal," in January, 1836, gave 

 some valuable information. He stated that by the 

 artificial method, the ova of salmon were vivified in 

 ninety-four days ; and in the natural way, the vivifi- 

 cation took place in ninety days. 



In August, 1853, a large meeting took place in the 

 County Buildings, Perth, of the Salmon Fishing Pro 

 prietors of the river Tay, and their representative, 

 Mr. Thomas Ashworth, of Poynton, Cheshire, stated 

 that it was easy to breed salmon artificially in rivers. 

 He said that it was an established fact, that salmon- 

 and other fish may be propagated by millions at a 

 small cost ; and being protected against their natural 



