CONTENTS. 



THE SALMON. Peculiar to temperate climates, 1 

 Spawning season. Brooks and shallow rivers selected 

 for depositing the ova. Assiduity of the male salmon. 



Description of the process by an eye witness. 



" Francks* Northern Memoirs*' - - 2, 3 



Vivification of the spawn. Surprising growth of the 



young salmon. Approach to the brackish water. - ,7 

 Wonderful instinct of this fish. Progress by the 

 Rhine and Aar into the lake of Zurich. Their pas- 

 sage up the Thames, &c. 9 

 Habits of the salmon. Dislike of rivers flowing over cal- 

 careous beds, &c. Sensibility to changes of weather. 

 Mode of swimming in rivers. Manner of ascending ca- 

 taracts. Teivi salmon leap. Drayton's description. 



Falls of the Keith. Salmon leap on the Liffy. 

 Caught upon the boughs of trees. Whimsical expe- 

 riments of Lord Lovat. Salmon made to leap into a 



fish kettle. Food Size of this fish, affected by that of 



the river in which it is bred. Age of the salmon. 



Opinion of Lord Bacon upon this subject - 10 15 

 Welsh salmon flies. Sobriety of their colours. Welsh 



anglers. Their opinion of gaudy materials. Dif- 

 ficulty of procuring these in remote situations. De- 

 scription of Teivi salmon flies. Excellence of the 

 Dublin and Limerick flies. Bainbridge ; a salmon 

 fly described by him. Its success 011 several Welsh 

 rivers. How to play and land a salmon - 16, 17 



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