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which she ruhs herself, In faeililale (heir dcpnsilion. 

 The period <>f Ihc Irk is more <>r less n-LMilaled hy the 

 s!;i!e nf MIC \\r;ilher, ii ually cnnliiimii" IK, in llnve In four 

 dayi, When (he older lish h:i\e rdired frnin the spawnin^;- 

 </rnuild, the ynuil'-er lake Iheir places. 



The yellnvv hreain is very prolific : in a lish of ci-hl 

 pounds wci</hl, nne hundred and Ihirly - M \ en MioiiMind en-^s 

 h;i\e hern Iniind. They lire hiilehed in ;ihmil ihree weeks, 

 .mil Ihe li\ ;nr :,;n<| f.i vrow (|(lirkly. 



Swedisli nahiritlisls lell us (he hi'eani allains ;i weight, 

 of eleven pninuls. I never heard of larger in Ihe Wenern ; 

 hul Ihr ( 'hamherlain, (1. A. Sehinilei l\\ , informs me lhal 

 in Ihe Lake Kinmaren, in ( ) .-.! i ;.! hland, he has seen hream 

 ea|tlnrrd \\i iyliin^' ei^hleen pounds, and so e\en din<dy fa!, 

 i In rrnder it, needful, hefore preparing; ihem for Ihe lahle, 

 In place Ihem in a N//W/J, or I'r.h ho\, for Ihree or four weeks, 

 lhal Ihey irmy 1)(S so to lay, \\<aled do\\n. And I am Ihe 

 less inclined to <JII<;|IMII Ihe former pail of this slalemenl, 

 hecanse i(. was cnrrohoi'aled h\ Ihe Coiml ('orlils UecklViis, 

 one of lh< |;ii!'r.^,| laiulrd proprietors in S\\eden, \\llo assni'ed 

 me, when on a visit to him in Scania, (hat he had 

 Weighed and ealen of our of lifleeii pounds, and knew of 

 anolhri caphucd in his nei^hhourhond lhal weii'hed eighteen 

 pnnnds. r.ii.mi nl l\\'l\r In thirteen pounds, Ihr ('..mil 

 (old me, were not at all uncommon in lhal part of the 

 country. 



The (|uaiilil\ of hream (hat are taken in certain pail <>l 

 Sweden h\ one jlrv'nr or another, and this as well during 

 \\inler as summer, is very considerahle. In the \ear ISIS !>, 

 a neiuhhour of mine eaptmed l\\o hundred lispund, or 

 four !hoii:,;md pounds weight, nf that lish in the \\enern, 



