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Ballinahinch, nine pounds is their average weight ; 

 whereas in Scotland, they run considerably larger. 

 The Dart salmon is very superior to that taken in 

 the Tamar ; and the Thames is esteemed the best 

 flavored in England. 



The epicure considers, that to eat this fish in 

 perfection, it should be dressed immediately after 

 it has quitted its native element; it then boils 

 quite solid, and the flakes are covered with a white 

 substance resembling curd. 



At Galway, the salmon, when taken out of the 

 traps, in which they are caught in ascending from 

 the river to Loch Corrib, are placed in a reservoir, 

 through which a small stream is constantly flow- 

 ing ; they remain here, until a customer seeks a 

 particular sized fish ; by experience, the keeper 

 knows the weight of each to a quarter of a 

 pound, the required salmon is immediately 

 gaffed, and may be seen floating in parsley 

 and butter, within five minutes after its 

 decease. 



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