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pre<e-aseparatenver,„otwithstandi„g,,e.„„u.,.s 

 may oe almost contiguous. Every species of 

 salmon dies ,n the same river or Jake i„ which it 

 IS born and t. which it returns to spawn. I„ 

 t!.e tWd year, n,ale and female consort together 



and the latter deposits its spawn in a hole Led' 

 w.th^ Its tail and fins in the sand. A fish of a 



year s growth continues near the place, guards the 

 spawn and returns to the sea with the new born 

 fry .„ November. The salmons of Kamtschatka 

 spawn but once in their lives; those of Siberia 

 and Europe, the rivers of which are deep, and 

 abound w.th insect food, are enabled to continue 

 the first great com^and-of nature, frequently du- 

 nng the period of their existence. The common 

 salmon of the ,vestern waters spawn, it is said 

 t» .ce a year ; also the brook trout. Linn^us 

 enumerates between forty and fifty different spe- 

 cies of the salmo. I have reason to believe that 

 there are several in this country. Besides the 

 common salmon, the salmon trout, and the brook 

 trout, there are, I think, different species of trout 

 m nvers and lakes, which are confounded under 

 the general name of salmon trout and common 

 trout. I have seen two kinds of the common 

 trout which are considered as of the same species 

 but which are specifically distinct. One species 

 generally inhabit streams, although they go into 



