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tender sandlaunces, and found such an 

 abundance of food that he soon grew to 

 proportions which enabled him to grapple 

 with a capelin or smelt. By the end of 

 his third year he dared to rush into a 

 scattering school of herrings and select 

 the fattest one for himself, and, as a trim 

 grilse, he appeared again in the river, 

 coming up with his older anadromous 

 relatives on their migration. He did not 

 have to keep an eye on the voracious sea 

 trout now, and he escaped the seals easily 

 because they chased the larger salmon 

 and did not give him much attention. 

 He felt the pride of a mature fish, how- 

 ever, and a superiority over his sisters, 

 who needed to wait in the sea a longer 

 time before they were ready to accom- 

 pany him up to the old homestead in 

 summer. 



In six or seven years he became a won- 

 derfully strong salmon, making annual 

 trips up the river and fearing nothing but 

 the otters and the bears when he lay in 

 shallow currents at rest. The osprey and 

 the golden eagle occasionally dropped 



