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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 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- 

 pertyThe Duke of Roxburghe Upper and Lower Proprie- 

 tors Harmlessness of Angling The Tweed Acts of 1857 



