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THE SALMON. 



I have endeavored to illustrate the marks and forms of the 

 salmon in its different stages, concluding that pictorial illus- 

 trations from life are more comprehensible than explanations 

 in letter-press, especially to the student at angling, who has 

 not enjoyed many summers since he first wet a line for sal- 

 mon, and heard the beautiful music of the reel, so charmingly 

 described by Stoddart : 



" A whirr ! a whirr ! the salmon's out 



Far on the rushing river ; 

 He storms the stream with edge of might, 

 And, like a brandished sword of light, 

 Rolls plashing o'er the surges white, 



A desperate endeavor ! 

 Hark to the music of the reel ! 



The fitful and the grating ; 

 It pants along the breathless wheel, 



Now hurried, now abating. " 



THE SWORD-FISH. 



