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ABDOMINAL 

 M A LACOPTERYGII. SALMONID^EL 



THE SALMON. 



THE COMMON SALMON THE TRUE SALMON. 



Salnio Salar ; Auctorum. 



I STATED in the body of this work, that the True Salmon was wont, 

 in former years, to run up into Seneca, Cayuga, and others of the 

 small lakes of central New York, and expressed a doubt whether it 

 was not now prevented from doing so, by the obstructions in the Os- 

 wego river. 



In the course of a visit to that interesting region, during the past 

 autumn, I had an opportunity of verifying this doubt ; and I found, as 

 indeed I expected, that the True Salmon has ceased to exist in those 

 beautiful waters. 



It is with great pleasure, however, that I lay before my readers an 

 enactment for the preservation of that noble fish, just passed by the 

 Supervisors of the county of Oswego, in conformity with the act of the 

 State Legislature, committing the care of Game, and the passing of 

 Game laws, to those Boards throughout the country. 



This act is precisely what it should be, and reflects the highest 

 credit on the liberality, wisdom, and energy of the Board which en- 

 acted it. I only regret that its provisions extend only to a single 

 river ; but I trust that this defect will be amended, and that the Os- 

 wego River, and the Seneca, Cayuga, and other outlets will receive the 

 same privilege, which would doubtless lead to the speedy re-establish- 

 ment of the Salmon in those lovely and limpid waters : 



