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quarter of a mile distant from the spot I took him 

 at), and turned him in it, having been first con- 

 spicuously marked by a cut in his back fin. About 

 three weeks after, another Philistine came across 

 him ; and this identical fish was caught by a gen- 

 tleman trolling with a similar bait, and in the very 

 same hole where I had before hooked him ! That 

 fish was fore-doomed to die of gluttony, of over- 

 gorging! One would have imagined that the place 

 whereto it was carried, would have proved more 

 congenial; for there there was a good depth and flow 

 of water, and plenty of weed and shallow ; and it 

 seemed the very place for a trout to covet : but he 

 preferred his old haunt, and died in maintaining 

 his position! 



Herb. How is it, then, with salmon are they 

 promiscuous rovers ? 



Theoph. Not exactly. It is assumed that they 

 come up rivers merely for the purpose of spawn- 

 ing ; but as they do not spawn till the months of 

 November and December, it is as yet inexplicable 

 why they came up so early as months previous, 

 in the spring for instance: for, as I shall take 

 occasion to show you another time, they are sup- 

 posed not to leave a river they have once fairly 

 entered, until after the operation of spawning is 

 over; that is, in the early part of the following 

 year. 



Herb. I think you hinted yesterday, that sal- 



