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' Salmo, a salmon, probably from salio, to leap." — Lexicon. 



^% ND why not " probably ?" Is not the leap the nota- 

 P^ ble characteristic of the whole Salmo family? Is 

 4^"|3\ it not the marvelous leap over the counterscarp of 

 ((^Y dashing falls, and that more desperate leap taken 

 ^^^ at full tension of lengthened line and straining rod, 

 which marks the courage and nervous strength of the 

 salmon ? Is it not the leap at eventide, out from the depths 

 of shadowy pools, that baptizes him with showers of glitter- 

 ing spray the embodiment of grace and beauty ? 



" For often at niglit, in a sportive mood, 

 He comes to the brim of the moonlit flood. 

 And tosses in air a curve aloft. 

 Like the silvery bow of the gods, then soft •> 



He plashes deliciously back in the spray, 

 While tremulous circles go spreading away." 



Answer thine own heart's impulse, oh, enthusiastic devo- 

 tee to sports of forest and stream ! Does it not quicken the 

 pulse and thrill the nerves, and make thine own heart lea2) 

 too, in magnetic sympathy, to see, aye, even to remember, 

 those magnificent leaps of the wonderful salmon? And 



