CONTENTS. 



Page 



Laws respecting Salmon - - 1 



Natural Spawning - - 1 7 



Spawning Beds - - 26 



Collecting the Spawn - - 31 



Depositing it in the Artificial Ponds - 32 



Salmon Fry - - - - 55 



APPENDIX. 



Salmon Spawning - 75 



Scraps from Ephemera's " Homilies " - 79 



Decline of the Salmon Fisheries - - 8 1 



The Time of Plenty - - -SO 1 



Scraps from the Rev. D. Williamson's Pamphlet - - 87 



Extracts from Ephemera's "Homilies" - - 87 



Extract from the late Sir F. A. Mackenzie, Bart. - 88 



Salmon Legislation - 94 



Letter from Robert Wallace, Esq., of Kelly - - 98 



Extracts from Mr. Stoddart's Observations on Tweed - 104 



Food of Salmon -----_ 107 



