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princely pastime. Moreover, financial 

 ability is not the only requisite, for 

 it is not every lover of angling that 

 is able to handle the mighty salmon, 

 or wield the two-handed rod in a 

 manner to do justice to himself and 

 the nerve-testing sport. 



Authorities differ as to the original 

 habitat of the salmon, whether it has 

 always divided its time by dwelling 

 in salt water during a portion of the 

 year, and ascending the rivers an- 

 nually, in spring-time; or whether 

 the entire family Salmonidea for- 

 merly inhabited fresh water exclu- 

 sively. A studious angler-naturalist 

 states that "the original habitat of the 

 Salmonidea was in fresh water, and it 

 is the sea salmon which has become 

 erratic the disturbances of the 

 glacial period having driven them out 

 of their primitive inland possessions. 

 But in obedience to the law of evolu- 

 tion which requires posterity to pass 

 through the same biological changes 

 as their progenitors did, all salmon 

 must be born and live for a time, at 

 least, in free water ; hence we find 



