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chosen his own quarters I leave him there, 

 hoping he finds himself better off than before 

 starting on this cross-water steeple-chase. 



One of my many visitors to the tanks at 

 " The Field " office was narrating to me how 

 he once caught an enormous salmon in the 

 Tay, weighing some thirty odd pounds ; this 

 immediately put the idea into my head to 

 weigh one of my salmon. He has, poor little 

 wretch, a deal of way to make up before he 

 arrives at thirty pounds, for at present (four 

 days old) he hardly turns the scale at two 

 grains. 



By the kindness of Mr. Ashworth, of 

 Cheadle, near Manchester, I am enabled to 

 show you a drawing of the young fish who 

 weigh about two grains, and about two 

 days old. He has also given the fol- 



