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for if soon after his entrance into the fjord, or the river, as 

 the case may be, the wind suddenly changes to the east or 

 south, he greatly slackens his pace, or remains altogether 

 stationary." 



" One may predict by the salmon twenty-four hours pre- 

 viously," Faith goes on to say, " if a storm from the west 

 or north-west is at hand, for in that case its upward progress 

 is very rapid." 



" It is deemed a condition for the ascension of this fish up 

 the fjords and rivers," he tells us, moreover, and the remark 

 applies to Jutland generally, " that the wind should blow 

 off the land : whence such a wind is in some places called a 

 Laxe-vind, or salmon-wind." 



" The salmon," Faith further informs us, when speak- 

 ing of Rander's-fjord, and his remarks are curious, " shows 

 himself only during certain hours of the day at the fishery 

 namely, in the morning from five to six, again from 

 eight to nine, and from eleven to twelve; in the after- 

 noon from five to six and from eight to nine ; at night 

 from eleven to twelve, and from one to two. Between 

 the hours specified he is captured either within or near 

 to the fishery. During the intervening period he with- 

 out doubt lies still, or seeks for a passage elsewhere. He 

 dreads a thunder-storm, and should one arise during the 

 periods of his ordinary coming, he does not show himself 

 at all. Should several salmon be seen for some days 

 together outside of the fishery, without its being practicable 

 to capture them, and that other salmon should arrive in 

 the interim, these different groups do not associate until 

 after the lapse of a day. If one be taken, it is evident 

 the rest look out anxiously for their missing companion ; 



