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secure it from the voracity of the Trout and 

 other fish, which are particularly fond of this 

 food, and follow the Salmon in shoals, in the 

 expectation of partaking of it. 



The young salmon fry, or samlets, are 

 generally first animated in February, when 

 they direct their course towards the sea, occa- 

 sionally halting in favourite spots. On 

 reaching the brackish or salt water, they stay 

 for about a fortnight, in which short space of 

 time their growth is very rapid. 



They are extremely voracious, and afford 

 excellent diversion to the young Angler, as 

 he will not unfrequently have a fish at every 

 fly at the same moment. Although they are 

 a delicious fish, a moment's reflection of the 

 injury done to the river by the destruction 

 of so many young fry, which in a year or 

 two would be so much better worth taking, 

 after having multiplied their species in an 



